{"product_id":"an-empire-in-the-clouds-9781835414941","title":"An Empire in the Clouds - FOC 7\/13\/2026","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder Notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a preorder item. It is not currently in stock and will not be available for pickup until it arrives at our store. Please choose your preferred pickup location at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.15em; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn-Store Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/8\/2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is a richly envisioned and powerful debut novel from the winner of the Bram Stoker\u0026amp;reg; and Nebula Awards.On\u0026amp;nbsp;Pi\u0026amp;#257;o, the floating empire of lotuses,\u0026amp;nbsp;X\u0026amp;#299;li\u0026amp;aacute;n discovers the royal advisors\u0026amp;rsquo; ploy to overthrow her brother,\u0026amp;nbsp;Y\u0026amp;uacute;n,\u0026amp;nbsp;the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make\u0026amp;nbsp;Y\u0026amp;uacute;n\u0026amp;rsquo;s\u0026amp;nbsp;death seem as though an accident. She flees to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There X\u0026amp;#299;li\u0026amp;aacute;n seeks out her exiled brother\u0026amp;nbsp;L\u0026amp;agrave;ng\u0026amp;nbsp;to help in her efforts to disrupt the advisors\u0026amp;rsquo; plans and remove them from court.\u0026amp;nbsp;Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of\u0026amp;nbsp;Pi\u0026amp;#257;o, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart.\u0026amp;nbsp;When\u0026amp;nbsp;X\u0026amp;#299;li\u0026amp;aacute;n\u0026amp;nbsp;is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Titan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWriter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ai Jiang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Titan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42634154082379,"sku":"9781835414941","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1334\/1579\/files\/9781835414941.jpg?v=1780956491","url":"https:\/\/comiccity.com\/products\/an-empire-in-the-clouds-9781835414941","provider":"Comic City","version":"1.0","type":"link"}