{"product_id":"scorpio-races-2022-edition-book-maggie-stiefvater-9780702322839","title":"The Scorpio Races (2022 edition)","description":"A breathtaking novel set in the wilds of Ireland, from       the bestselling author of Shiver, Linger and       Forever.       Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water...          Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs       of Skarmouth.         Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the       blood from the sand.         The mounts are capaill uisce: savage       water horses.         There are no horses more beautiful, more fearless, more       deadly. To race them can be suicide but the danger is       irresistible.         Sean Kendrick knows the dangers of the capaill uisce.       With one foot in the ocean and one on land, he is the only man on       the island capable of taming the beasts. He races       to prove something both to himself and to the horses.           Puck Connolly enters the races to save her family. But the horse       she rides is an ordinary little mare, just as Puck is an ordinary       girl.         When Sean sees Puck on the beach he doesn't think she belongs.       He doesn't realize his fate will become entwined in hers.         They both enter the Races hoping to change their lives. But       first they'll have to survive.                  Romantic and steeped in legend        Maggie Stiefvater is a master at writing both romance and heart-pounding       action        Her books have consistently debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller       list                       PRAISE FOR SCORPIO RACES         \"If The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you’ve       ever read, that’s because it is. The capaill       uisce are exhilarating, frightening creations... Stiefvater has       successfully plumbed lesser-known myths and written a complex literary       thriller\" - New York Times         The bestselling author of Shiver (2009)       and Linger (2010) turns the       legend of the water horse into a taut, chilling, romantic adventure. The       water horses are breathtakingly well-imagined, glorious       and untamably violent. The final race, with Sean and Puck each       protecting each other but both determined to win, comes to a pitch-perfect       conclusion. Masterful. Like nothing else out there now.       - Kirkus Review","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49564167995665,"sku":"GOR013759209","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49725272228113,"sku":"GOR013224416","price":10.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49741308756241,"sku":"NGR9780702322839","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51741312221457,"sku":"GOR011036858","price":11.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0702322830.jpg?v=1751199535","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/scorpio-races-2022-edition-book-maggie-stiefvater-9780702322839","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}