{"product_id":"the-book-of-blood-and-roses-the-callisto-chronicles","title":"The Book of Blood and Roses (The Callisto Chronicles, Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vampire hunter enrolls at a Highland university where vampires take classes beside humans, and draws one as a roommate. Annie Summerlee opens her Callisto Chronicles with a sapphic paranormal romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook one of The Callisto Chronicles, according to the publisher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarred review from Publishers Weekly; also reviewed in Booklist and Library Journal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover from Del Rey Books, published January 13, 2026; 368 pages. The publisher describes this edition as having an illustrated book case under the dust jacket, plus decorated endpapers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: includes sexual content and vampire violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca Charity arrives undercover, hunting the Book of Blood and Roses, a missing handbook of ways to destroy vampires, and the revenge for her parents' deaths it might make possible. Her roommate turns out to sleep in a coffin: Aliz Astra, heir to one of the strongest vampire families and the person Rebecca least wants to find beautiful. When Aliz saves her from an attack and binds her as a Familiar by accident, the two have to work together to lift the curse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Del Rey hardcover suits readers of paranormal romance, sapphic romantasy and fantasy set on a university campus. Rebecca came to find a book about killing vampires, and ends up sharing a room with the one she cannot bring herself to hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnnie Summerlee's short fiction has appeared in 404 Ink, Litro and So To Speak. She writes in Catalan and Spanish as well as English.\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":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48025483378837,"sku":"NEW-ING-0593975960","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784762904.jpg?v=1789784764","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/the-book-of-blood-and-roses-the-callisto-chronicles","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}