{"product_id":"the-astral-library-deluxe-limited-edition","title":"The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you've ever wished to tumble straight into your favorite novel, here's your chance. With a cheeky heroine you'll root for from page one, this is bound to be one of the biggest books of the year.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Quinn's (\u003ci\u003eThe Briar Club\u003c\/i\u003e, 2024) first foray into fantasy is a bookish delight, with a heroine readers will root for as she finds her purpose and a hint of romance. Give to fans of Matt Haig's \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION is only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collector's hardcover features stenciled edges, illustrated endpapers, and jacket effects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandria \"Alix\" Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes \u003c\/i\u003eand the champagne-soaked parties of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby \u003c\/i\u003eas danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy--Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780063244788, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/15\/2025 (EAN 9780063244788, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eQuinn, Kate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Quinn \u003c\/strong\u003eis the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of Southern California, she attended Boston University, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history buff, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the 20th century with \u003cem\u003eThe Alice Network\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Huntress\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Code, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Briar Club\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Astral\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLibrary \u003c\/em\u003eis her first foray into magic realism. She and her husband now live in Maryland with their rescue dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496111407382,"sku":"9780063244788","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780063244788.jpg?v=1783053361","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-astral-library-deluxe-limited-edition","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}