{"product_id":"saints","title":"Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003e6W Orson Scott Card. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007. First Hardcover Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eOrson Scott Card \u003c\/span\u003eis a multi-award-winning titan of speculative fiction, celebrated for his profound capability to merge high-concept world-building with intense ethical and psychological introspection. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Card holds a unique position in literary history as the first author to secure both the Hugo and Nebula awards in consecutive years for his masterworks \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e. Raised as a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his writing routinely tackles themes of community, spiritual translation, institutional sacrifice, and the heavy moral burdens of leadership. While his science fiction universes have garnered international commercial blockbusters, his historical fiction captures an equally devoted audience drawn to his complex, raw characterizations.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eDeparting from his trademark science fiction, this sweeping, 608-page epic historical novel serves as one of Card's most ambitious and personal standalone works. The narrative opens amid the grueling poverty of industrial Manchester in 1829, focusing on Dinah Kirkham, a fierce young girl who learns harsh self-reliance after her father abandons the family. Her bleak reality is upended when she encounters early Mormon missionaries and converts to the nascent Latter-day Saint movement. Migrating across the Atlantic to the rugged American frontier, Dinah endures the brutal historical persecutions of the early church, eventually arriving in Nauvoo, Illinois, where she becomes one of the plural wives of the movement's charismatic founder, Joseph Smith. Rather than a simple romance, the book stands as an unflinching, meticulously researched examination of early pioneer hardships and a woman's complex psychological struggles to preserve her autonomy within a demanding faith.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eOrange canvas binding with gilt lettering to spine. Some creasing to upper spine. Original jacket. Deluxe hardcover. Fine condition.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57488408674470,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/saints","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}