{"product_id":"midnight-robber-9780446675604","title":"Midnight Robber","description":"\"Deeply satisfying...succeeds on a grand scale...best of all is the language....Hopkinson's narrative voice has a way of getting under the skin.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story... This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status.\" -\u003ci\u003e-Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked \"Midnight Robbers\" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life . . . and set her free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hopkinson, Nalo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446675604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.07w x 0.78d","brand":"Nalo Hopkinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39416803524683,"sku":"9780446675604","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_f0aa2ad0-90f5-426b-8b49-5f5d3bea955d.jpg?v=1624944577","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/midnight-robber-9780446675604","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}