{"product_id":"the-scarlet-ball","title":"The Scarlet Ball","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE OCTOBER 06, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Nghi Vo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePick a face, pick a fate.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chosen and the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edid for F. Scott Fitzgerald.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48236818399383,"sku":"9781250904966","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9781250904966_0d77d.jpg?v=1788897029","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/the-scarlet-ball","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}