{"product_id":"veins-of-power-book-2","title":"Veins of Power (Book 2)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe returned gods of Kayumalon are the new currencies of power.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Kayumalon, seed mages are a coin a dozen, but the god vessels are infinite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKalem, once a simple, awkward germachemical scholar, has lived in the shadow of his father, the Obsidian Datu, all his life. Now, with the power of the earth god flowing in his veins, time is all he has, and he intends to use it to help his father change his country for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut politics is a far different battlefield, and despite the problems the country faces now—invaders in the north, slave rebellion in the south, political instability in the east, blight in the west—it seems that all these bureaucrats care about is jostling for more power and impressing the king, whose pride and ambition could be their very well be their own downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt would take more than a legend, more than a good king, more than a mage, to navigate the treacherous twists and turns of Kayumalon court. Unfortunately, Kalem’s enemies also have the power of the gods on their side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMica De Leon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Filipino writer of swoony romance comedy novels and SFF novels. She has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards For Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity in the aftermath of Martial Law and the 2022 presidential elections in the Philippines. She likes walking on the beach, dogs, cats, swoony and spicy romance novels, lengthy epic SFF novels, and Taylor Swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnect with her on Instagram and Tiktok: @micadeleonwrites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49186103034153,"sku":"9789815144291","price":19.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/81_Xt7tM3YL.jpg?v=1724834003","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/veins-of-power-book-2","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}