{"product_id":"nicked-1","title":"Nicked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEBRUARY 2027 Queer Book Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] rollicking comic novel.\"--NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The 11th century queer romantic adventure you didn't know you were looking for.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67858686148828,"sku":"9780593688007","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/4845\/9740\/files\/imageloader_e4c48fae-9cd3-4c63-9fd1-c17bdfe14b28.jpg?v=1792622284","url":"https:\/\/tworiversweirdsisters.com\/products\/nicked-1","provider":"Two Rivers \u0026 Weird Sisters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}