{"title":"S Thomas Bailey","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"gauntlet-runner-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781462051236","title":"The Gauntlet Runner","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrivate Jacob Murray, a twenty-six-year-old Pennsylvanian volunteer in the ranks of George Washington s Virginia Provincial Militia, is scouting the dense, almost impassable Ohio Valley wilderness in May 1754. Together with his twin brother, Israel, and two Mingo warriors, Jacob searches for a party of French troops encroaching on British soil. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack at home, Murray s wife, Maggie, and their four children carve out a meager existence until a group of French and Huron war parties raid their small farm. Taken captive, they are unsure if they will live to see their husband and father again. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith word spreading that French-backed Huron raiding parties are decimating the Pennsylvania countryside and taking white captives, young Major Washington, Murray, and a French officer bent on revenge are destined to cross paths. As three hostile powers continue to vie for control of the coveted Ohio Valley, a war soon begins that will engulf them all. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gauntlet Runner tells a tale of fractured lives, broken treaties, and the stark realities of the struggles faced by early American settlers as they risk their lives to cultivate the young, formidable nation. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49725080961297,"sku":"CIN1462051235G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50232922177809,"sku":"CIN1462051235VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027767853329,"sku":"NIN9781462051236","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51351095869713,"sku":"GOR005430152","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52152122048785,"sku":"NLS9781462051236","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1462051235.jpg?v=1751445774"},{"product_id":"forest-sentinels-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460231616","title":"Forest Sentinels","description":"Coming off the disaster on the Monongahela, Jacob Murray and his young friend Joshua return to Fort Cumberland under the command of George Washington. The defeated British army soon withdraws further east, leaving the frontier virtually undefended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the frontier left unprotected, Delaware raiding parties begin striking the settlers in an effort to clear their lands of the English. Jacob and Joshua lead a company of militia deep into the French-held Pennsylvania frontier. They plan to build a fort that will not only give the local settlers peace of mind and added protection, but serve as a 'home base' from which they can continue the search for Jacob's wife Maggie and Joshua's best friend One-Ear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough the raids seem to lessen with the presence of the well-constructed fort, the Delaware have not withdrawn completely. A rescue mission soon turns out disastrous when the men are ambushed and Jacob is taken prisoner by chief Tewea, the dangerous warrior nicknamed Captain Jacobs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelp often comes from unexpected sources, and the Murrays soon find themselves face to face with ghosts from the past and a mysterious band of sentinels that are keeping watch over the Pennsylvania forests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewww.thegauntletrunner1754.com.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49849531400465,"sku":"CIN1460231619G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50012606103825,"sku":"CIN1460231619A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027541491985,"sku":"NIN9781460231616","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51461221515537,"sku":"CIN1460231619VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460231619.jpg?v=1751404514"},{"product_id":"shades-of-death-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460218792","title":"Shades of Death","description":"With the events of the past year freshly engraved in his mind, Jacob Murray lies in wait, just a stone's throw from a French outpost in the midst of the western Pennsylvania wilderness. Having teamed up with the two young men who helped his wife escape her Huron captors, he waits for any sign of Maggie or the French merchant who purchased her.\u003cbr\u003eA straightforward plan for ambush soon goes awry and Jacob and Joshua are separated from Maggie and One-Ear; the latter pair heads towards Canada, the former for Fort Duquesne.\u003cbr\u003eWhile Maggie's efforts to escape and avoid French captivity lead to unexpected encounters with the native tribes of New York and Canada, including the great Ottawa leader Pontiac, Jacob himself is taken captive by the French.\u003cbr\u003eWith Joshua's help, he is able to escape, but life as a deserter is very dangerous, especially when the British army is amassing nearby under the watchful eye of Major General Edward Braddock.\u003cbr\u003eJacob and Maggie Murray long for their peaceful life on the homestead in Pennsylvania, but with two great countries and their native allies battling over the Ohio Valley, their wishes must remain ungranted.at least for now.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50012607447313,"sku":"CIN1460218795A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50377569403153,"sku":"CIN1460218795G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027824804113,"sku":"NIN9781460218792","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460218795.jpg?v=1751147816"},{"product_id":"heights-of-hell-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460268247","title":"Heights of Hell","description":"Years of British-led failures have taken its toll on Jacob Murray.\u003cbr\u003eStanding alone amidst the aftermath of yet another unfathomable defeat, his thoughts turn north to his wife Maggie and the perilous gulf of wilderness that stands between them like the French abbitas at Fort Carillon.\u003cbr\u003eHe would pack his grief and exhaustion and head north with his son James, if not for the cruel unyielding attention of a British officer bent on his ruin. For the time being, he fights back his longing and bides his time while the trails slowly shed their winter cover and waits for an opportunity to present itself.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile Maggie is forced to rely on the kindness of a French priest to keep her safe while she still searches for her family. The sudden, chance arrival of three French brothers changes her course. She now entrusts her life to a stranger as they decide to head north.\u003cbr\u003eThe fifth novel in the award-winning series, The Gauntlet Runner, Heights of Hell is a fast-paced story that plunges readers into the vast, unexplored forests of 1758 New York and the doomed defeat of another British army. Experience the courage of the Black Watch, the near death of the vaunted Robert Rogers and the raw emotion consuming both Jacob and Maggie as their paths seemingly moves them in the opposite direction.\u003cbr\u003eW.THEGAUNTLETRUNER1754.COM.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50012607414545,"sku":"CIN1460268245A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":50375256244497,"sku":"CIN1460268245LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027560890641,"sku":"NIN9781460268247","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460268245.jpg?v=1750923803"},{"product_id":"blood-lines-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460244999","title":"Blood Lines","description":"It is late autumn 1756, Jacob Murray and a band of rangers are locked in desperate pursuit of a Delaware raiding party that overran and massacred the garrison at Fort Stevens. Among the women and children taken prisoner is Jacob's wife, Maggie. Driven by guilt and anger, Jacob sets a furious pace that leads his men into dangerous unknown territory.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile the fate of the prisoners is made all the more tenuous when raiding party scouts report the death of Chief Tewea at Kittanning, and Maggie will soon be forced to reconsider everything she has ever thought about the 'savages' that have inflicted such havoc on her life.\u003cbr\u003eIn a world at war where blood debts are constantly paid and incurred, decisions made can change the course of lives forever. For Maggie, Jacob and their son James, the pull of their blood will draw them into a winter none of them could foresee.\u003cbr\u003eThe fourth book in the award-winning Gauntlet Runner series, Blood Lines once again transports readers to colonial America during the French and Indian War and offers a clear unsentimental glimpse into the history of the period through the eyes of its characters.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50160433266961,"sku":"CIN1460244990G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027542114577,"sku":"NIN9781460244999","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51560265908497,"sku":"CIN1460244990VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460244990.jpg?v=1751210232"},{"product_id":"last-run-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781525517747","title":"Last Run","description":"Jacob Murray finally has what he wanted.almost. He is still tired from a war that has dragged on close to seven years. He desperately wants to get home but he has his obligations. He finally has Maggie by his side, only as fate has it, heartbreak is always around the corner.\u003cbr\u003eThe French are desperate as well. Hope is fading after losing their prized walled city. Now the unforgiving Canadian winter stands in their way. The river connecting them to France will sit frozen for the next six months, keeping them in their winter quarters until the spring thaw.\u003cbr\u003eWinter in 1760 Quebec City is wrought with death, disease and depleted food supplies. The victorious British garrison is burdened with repairing a bombed city, weakened defenses and a local population who despise their presence. The threat of a French counterattack looms, yet running out of fire wood is a far more serious fate.\u003cbr\u003eTrapped in a city with no hope, no food and an enemy bent on liberating it from British hands. Trapped by snow and ice in one of the most inhospitable places on earth and trapped by his responsibilities. Jacob prays for a quick end to the war so he can finally return home with his family.\u003cbr\u003eA traitor, the vengeful French army and personal tragedy complicates his efforts but Jacob Murray is determined to make his Last Run.\u003cbr\u003eW.THEGAUNTLETRUNER1754.COM.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379806834961,"sku":"CIN1525517740VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51033817186577,"sku":"NIN9781525517747","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51157147681041,"sku":"NGR9781525517747","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1525517740.jpg?v=1751274944"},{"product_id":"blind-faith-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460287378","title":"Blind Faith","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027494240529,"sku":"NIN9781460287378","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460287371.jpg?v=1751371922"},{"product_id":"shades-of-death-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460218785","title":"Shades of Death","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51027495911697,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027501318417,"sku":"NIN9781460218785","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460218787.jpg?v=1751371908"},{"product_id":"heights-of-hell-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460268230","title":"Heights of Hell","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51027512918289,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027516784913,"sku":"NIN9781460268230","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460268237.jpg?v=1750892186"},{"product_id":"blood-lines-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460244982","title":"Blood Lines","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027627213073,"sku":"NIN9781460244982","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460244982.jpg?v=1751338419"},{"product_id":"gauntlet-runner-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781462051250","title":"The Gauntlet Runner","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51027718242577,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027720634641,"sku":"NIN9781462051250","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52152121196817,"sku":"NLS9781462051250","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1462051251.jpg?v=1750795972"},{"product_id":"blind-faith-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460287385","title":"Blind Faith","description":"Enemies come in many forms, and they are not always what you think. Jacob Murray has learned that lesson, but it haunts him once again. The tides of the war have finally changed and the British are beginning to gain ground over their French adversaries. \u003cbr\u003eThe French sit within the walled city of Qu'bec, waiting for their enemy. Jacob and Maggie are still apart, separated by thousands of miles of unfamiliar wilderness. Despite this adversity, they each seek a way to find what remains of their family. \u003cbr\u003eFaced with her own challenges, Maggie finds unlikely friendship and assistance from what she believed were her enemies. Following an opportunity to track down her son, she journeys to Qu'bec City, where she finds a city preparing for a siege from the British army, who are determined to end the war. \u003cbr\u003eJacob faces his own challenges, and finds he is often forced to fight not only his enemies, but also those who should be his allies.\u003cbr\u003eBlind Faith tells the story of deserters, a country controlled by the church, and the walled city that holds many secrets.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51027948568849,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027951485201,"sku":"NIN9781460287385","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53156612178193,"sku":"CIN146028738XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/146028738X.jpg?v=1751272675"},{"product_id":"last-run-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781525517730","title":"Last Run","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51033495109905,"sku":"NIN9781525517730","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1525517732.jpg?v=1751054764"},{"product_id":"forest-sentinels-book-s-thomas-bailey-9781460231609","title":"Forest Sentinels","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51150443938065,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51150445936913,"sku":"NIN9781460231609","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460231600.jpg?v=1751147818"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/collections\/author-books-by-s-thomas-bailey.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}