{"product_id":"l-marian-thorpe-empress-soldier-9781990711039","title":"Empress \u0026 Soldier","description":"A boy of the night-time streets. A girl of libraries and learning.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDruisius, the son of a merchant, is sixteen when an order from his father that he can neither forgive nor forget drives him from home and into the danger and intrigue of the military.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEudekia, a scholar's daughter, educated and dutiful, is not meant to be a prince's bride. In a empire at war, and in a city beset by famine and unrest, she must prove herself worthy of its throne.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA decade after a first, brief meeting, their lives intersect again. When a delegation arrives from the lost West, asking Eudekia for sanctuary for a princess and support for a desperate war, Druisius is assigned to guard them. In the span of a few weeks, a young captain will capture the hearts of both Empress and soldier in very different ways, offering a future neither could have foreseen.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA stand-alone novel that can also serve as a second entry point into the Empire's Legacy series.","brand":"Arboretum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53822968922454,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/l-marian-thorpe-empress-soldier-9781990711039","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}