{"product_id":"the-san-veneficio-canon-by-michael-cisco-paperback","title":"The San Veneficio Canon, by Michael Cisco (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eStruck by lightning, resurrected, cut open, and stuffed full of arcane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edocuments, the Divinity Student is sent to the desert city of San Veneficio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto reconstruct the Lost Catalog of Unknown Words. He learns to pick the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrains of corpses and gradually sacrifices his sanity on the altar of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edubious mission of espionage. Without ever understanding his own reasons, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoves toward destruction with steely determination. Eventually he find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehimself reduced to a walker between worlds - a creature neither of flesh nor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espirit, stuffed with paper and preserved with formaldehyde - a zombie of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eown devising. The line twixt clairvoyance and madness is thinner than a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erazor blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, The Divinity Student captured the attention of fans of dark fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverywhere, eventually winning the International Horror Guild Award for best\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst novel. Now, The Divinity Student has been paired with its sequel, The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolem, for a must-have book - The San Veneficio Canon. Michael Cisco has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreated a city and a character that will live in the reader's imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elong after this book has been read...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43185058971857,"sku":"9781894815680","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781894815680_FC.jpg?v=1784126152","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/the-san-veneficio-canon-by-michael-cisco-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}