{"product_id":"the-scarlet-ball-9781250904966","title":"The Scarlet Ball [Vo, Nghi]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNghi Vo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Nghi Vo, this all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds \u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Toro.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePick a face, pick a fate.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudith Ban, former convent girl, courtesan, and failed thief, is on the lookout for her next identity. The daughter of a Vietnamese adventuress and a French naval officer, she's no stranger to risk, but she's unprepared for the secrets of New York's legendary Four Hundred, or for the women who build their power at the city's heart through blood-soaked, gold-etched rituals of demonic marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn exchange for enough wealth to outrun her past, Judith strikes a deal with the matriarch of the powerful Howard family: she will stand in for the missing Howard granddaughter, who was poised to make her debut when she disappeared. With Miss Iphigenia Marshall's face stitched over her own, Judith is white, rich, and about to risk body and soul in the deadly games that determine which girls will find a match--and which will be devoured. If she can keep her wits and her life, her reward will be a husband with undreamt-of power who will be hers to command...so long as she can keep his infinite hungers fed. But to survive the season, Judith will have to seduce a storm in the shape of a man, before the night to which everything has been leading--the Scarlet Ball where the demons choose their brides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA razor-sharp subversion of romance tropes and nightmare of manners, Vo's fusion of history and fantasy does for Edith Wharton what her acclaimed debut \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen and the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e did for F. Scott Fitzgerald.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Macmillan Publishers (MPS)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250904966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNghi Vo is the author of \u003ci\u003eSiren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe City in Glass, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with \u003ci\u003eThe Empress of Salt and Fortune. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and Lambda Literary Awards and the LA Times and Ursula K. Le Guin Prizes, and has won the Crawford, Ignyte, and Hugo Awards. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers (MPS)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533341483184,"sku":"9781250904966b","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-scarlet-ball-9781250904966","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}