{"product_id":"daughter-from-the-dark-paperback","title":"Daughter from the Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDyachenko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this extraordinary stand-alone novel, the authors and translator of \u003cem\u003eVita Nostra\u003c\/em\u003e--a \"dark Harry Potter on steroids with a hefty dose of metaphysics\" (award-winning author Aliette de Bodard)--return with a story about creation, music, and companionship filled with their hallmark elements of subtle magic and fantasy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate one night, fate brings together DJ Aspirin and ten-year-old Alyona. After he tries to save her from imminent danger, she ends up at his apartment. But in the morning sinister doubts set in. Who is Alyona? A young con artist? A plant for a nefarious blackmailer? Or perhaps a long-lost daughter Aspirin never knew existed? Whoever this mysterious girl is, she now refuses to leave. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA game of cat-and-mouse has begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaiming that she is a musical prodigy, Alyona insists she must play a complicated violin piece to find her brother. Confused and wary, Aspirin knows one thing: he wants her out of his apartment and his life. Yet every attempt to get rid of her is thwarted by an unusual protector: her plush teddy bear that may just transform into a fearsome monster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlyona tells Aspirin that if he would just allow her do her work, she'll leave him--and this world. He can then return to the shallow life he led before her. But as outside forces begin to coalesce, threatening to finally separate them, Aspirin makes a startling discovery about himself and this ethereal, eerie child. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395808837810,"sku":"9780062916228","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6bae99947e347ec718f82b95a21c5b01.webp?v=1777992271","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/daughter-from-the-dark-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}