{"product_id":"daughters-of-a-dead-empire","title":"Daughters of a Dead Empire","description":"\"This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch.\" ―Buzzfeed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRussia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war―the poor are devouring the rich. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible―not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now―regardless of her loyalties―Evgenia is too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851089035490,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-05-29-8.10-1333","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_367_52hyIc51E.jpg?v=1780364411","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/en-ca\/products\/daughters-of-a-dead-empire","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}