{"product_id":"the-darkeningbooks","title":"The Darkening","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__overview-column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this thrilling and epic YA fantasy debut, the only hope for a city trapped in the eye of a cursed storm lies with the daughter of failed revolutionaries and a prince terrified of his throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen’s soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman’s axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen’s soldiers—led by a paranoid prince—catch up to Vesper’s father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven arm herself with her father’s book of dangerous experimental magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven infiltrate the prince’s elite squad of soldier-sorcerers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven cheat her way into his cold heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Vesper learns that there’s more to the story of her mother’s death, she’ll have to make a choice if she wants to save her city: trust the devious prince with her family’s secrets, or follow her mother’s footsteps into the Storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__overview-column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when saving your family means trusting the one man she’s sworn to hate?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEnemies to Lovers:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe needs to get close to the cold-hearted prince to save her father. The plan is simple: infiltrate his ranks and cheat her way into his heart. Falling for him was never part of the deal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForbidden Magic:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eArmed with her father’s book of dangerous experimental ikonomancy, Vesper will wield the very power that got her parents branded as traitors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Cursed World:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA deadly magical storm, hungry stormbeasts, and a city living on borrowed time. The only thing more dangerous than the curse is the royal family meant to protect them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFound Family:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVesper was raised by revolutionaries on the run, but finds an unlikely home among the city’s outcasts—the stormtouched who have been cursed by the Storm’s touch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mara, Sunya","offers":[{"title":"Hardback \/ Teen \u0026 Young Adult Fiction","offer_id":53129297690848,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-21at2.25.00PM.png?v=1782062706","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-darkeningbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}