{"product_id":"the-dawnhounds-1-the-endsong-trilogy","title":"The Dawnhounds (#1 The Endsong Trilogy)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003eA police officer is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYat has recently been demoted on the force due to “lifestyle choices” after being caught at a gay club. She’s barely holding it together, haunted by memories of a lover who vanished and voices that float in and out of her head like radio signals. When she stumbles across a dead body on her patrol, two fellow officers gruesomely murder her and dump her into the harbor. Unfortunately for them, she wakes up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eResurrected by an ancient power, she finds herself with the new ability to manipulate life force. Quickly falling in with the pirate crew who has found her, she must race against time to stop a plague from being unleashed by the evil that has taken root in Hainak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dawnhounds is the first book in a trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended age: \u003c\/strong\u003e18+ due to graphic content and mature themes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003eFantasy Sci-Fi blend\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSascha Stronach is a \u003c\/span\u003eMaori author from the Kai Tahu iwi and Kati Huirapa Runaka Ki Puketeraki hapu. \u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003eBefore becoming a novelist, Stronach worked as a technical writer and began writing speculative fiction through short stories.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003eStronach’s debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Dawnhounds\u003c\/em\u003e (2019 internationally released in 2022), is a genre‑blending fantasy inspired by Māori culture and Asian folklore, it went on to win the Sir Julius Vogel Award (New Zealand’s major science fiction and fantasy award).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\na {\n    text-decoration: none;\n    color: #464feb;\n}\ntr th, tr td {\n    border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\n}\ntr th {\n    background-color: #f5f5f5;\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\na {\n    text-decoration: none;\n    color: #464feb;\n}\ntr th, tr td {\n    border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\n}\ntr th {\n    background-color: #f5f5f5;\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"The Bookshop On The Way","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54077194076526,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/7621\/9502\/files\/Image_12_60a3b5b3-0773-4f91-8f79-4d952814a20e.jpg?v=1782100978","url":"https:\/\/thebookshopontheway.com\/products\/the-dawnhounds-1-the-endsong-trilogy","provider":"The Bookshop On The Way","version":"1.0","type":"link"}