{"product_id":"theabsolutebook","title":"The Absolute Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaryn Cornick believes that the past is behind her – her sister’s death by violence, and her own ill-conceived revenge. She has chosen to live a life more professional than personal. She has written a book about the things that threaten libraries – insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaring. The book is a success, but not all of the attention it brings her is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are questions about a fire in the library at Princes Gate, her grandparents’ house, and about an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter. A policeman, Jacob Berger, has questions about a cold case. There are threatening phone calls. And a shadowy young man named Shift appears, bringing his shadows with him. Taryn, Jacob, Shift – three people are driven towards a reckoning felt in more than one world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Absolute Book is an epic fantasy, intimate in tone. A book where hidden treasures are recovered; where wicked things people think they’ve shaken from their trails find their scent again. A book about beautiful societies founded on theft and treachery, and one in which dead sisters are a living force. It is a book of journeys and returns, set in London, Norfolk, and the Wye Valley; in Auckland, New Zealand; in the Island of Apples and Summer Road of the Sidhe; at Hell’s Gate; in the Tacit with its tombs; and in the hospitals and train stations of Purgatory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victoria University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31215573237794,"sku":"9781776562305","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/products\/95b91ccf0d6599e6ea5c0d3b37ab5c2ca85031ab.png?v=1574558827","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/theabsolutebook","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}