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Raz Ballenger, horse trainer, is a man who rules both his family and his animals through terror. Used to instant obedience, he is insulted when Swan leaps to his son’s defence, an act that sets a whole chain of unexpected and terrible events into motion…","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571326263569,"sku":"GOR003656697","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52474189349137,"sku":"NLS9780007352579","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0007352573.jpg?v=1751036708"},{"product_id":"homecoming-of-samuel-lake-book-jenny-wingfield-9780385344081","title":"The Homecoming of Samuel Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eRaw, dark, and powerful . . . 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