{"product_id":"nicked","title":"Nicked","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNicked\u003c\/h1\u003eM T Anderson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003eJuly 01 2025\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780593688007\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0593688007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eAN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - From the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] rollicking comic novel.\"--NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The 11th century queer romantic adventure you didn't know you were looking for.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Miracles, marvels, saints, sinners, love, plague, and treachery! A medieval feast of a novel, stuffed with everything I could have wished for.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for \"liberating\" holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the \"dreamer,\" will be his guide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides, and alongside even stranger bedfellows, to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, \u003ci\u003eNicked \u003c\/i\u003eis a swashbuckling saga, a medieval novel noir, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44105536143405,"sku":"17049","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_e4b433c6-037e-485b-b718-f5548a0bf1ed.jpg?v=1757268021","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/nicked","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}