{"product_id":"katabasis-9780008501907","title":"Katabasis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003ePrepare for one hell of a journey…\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'R.F. Kuang is making magic' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eELLE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'A big, bold fantasy romp' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eI devoured it' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eOne of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eGrad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eBut the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eBut Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eThat’s if they can agree on anything.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eWill they triumph, or kill each other trying?\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new No.1 \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novel by R.F. Kuang.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003eLiterary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE HERALD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Mind-bending fantasy’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGRAZIA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008501907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 02 Feb 2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x4(W)380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 380\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eR.F Kuang is the author of The Poppy War Trilogy, \u003cem\u003eBabel: An Arcane History, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eYellowface\u003c\/em\u003e. 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