{"product_id":"9780008840273","title":"Katabasis - INDIE BOOKSHOP EDITION","description":"\u003ch3\u003eINDIE BOOKSHOP EDITION WIHT SPRAYED EDGE\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: R.F. Kuang\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFantasy | Fantasy romance | Romance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperVoyager) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 576 pages \u003cbr\u003e198mm x 129mm | 270g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrepare for one hell of a journey…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I devoured it' RED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s if they can agree on anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill they triumph, or kill each other trying?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new No.1 Sunday Times bestselling novel by R.F. Kuang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach' THE HERALD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Mind-bending fantasy’ GRAZIA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56939702944119,"sku":"9780008840273","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/KATABASIS_INDIES__1080_X_1350_1.jpg?v=1774607583","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780008840273","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}