{"product_id":"between-two-fires","title":"Between Two Fires","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1348 the Black Death has emptied a Norman village, and a disgraced knight finds one child alive in it. Christopher Buehlman sends the pair toward Avignon across a landscape hell is tearing apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeluxe hardcover edition with black sprayed edges, designed endpapers and a new foreword by Joe Hill, as the publisher describes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedieval horror: plague, fallen angels at war with heaven, and the risen dead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: plague, violence and demonic horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover from Tor Nightfire, published March 3, 2026, 448 pages; an instant New York Times, USA Today and Indie bestseller, per the publisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas has lost his standing and, as far as he is concerned, any chance at redemption. The girl he finds tells him the plague is only part of it: Lucifer's angels are rising against heaven, and the world of men is the battlefield. Delirium or faith, she talks him into escorting her across a ruined landscape to Avignon, where she says her mission waits. Buehlman fills the road with saints, demons and the dead who do not stay down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition suits readers of historical horror and dark fantasy, and readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Blacktongue Thief\u003c\/em\u003e who have not read this one. The publisher lists the sprayed edges, endpapers and Hill foreword as the deluxe edition's features. Thomas believes in nothing. The road to Avignon was not built for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher Buehlman is an author, comedian and playwright whose novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Blacktongue Thief\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Daughters' War\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBetween Two Fires\u003c\/em\u003e. He toured renaissance festivals with his comedy act, Christophe the Insultor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854478721173,"sku":"NEW-ING-1250439205","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_a3874bb5-16e5-49d4-aeb8-530e936f0f69.jpg?v=1787904125","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/between-two-fires","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}