{"product_id":"books-conquistador-by-s-m-stirling","title":"Conquistador","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In this luscious alternative universe, sidekicks quote the Lone Ranger and Right inevitably triumphs with panache. What more could adventure-loving readers ask for?\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Oakland, 1946\u003c\/i\u003e. Ex-soldier John Rolfe, newly back from the Pacific, has made a fabulous discovery: A portal to an alternate America where Europeans have never set foot--and the only other humans in sight are a band of very curious Indians. Able to return at will to the modern world, Rolfe summons the only people with whom he is willing to share his discovery: his war buddies. And tells them to bring their families...\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles, twenty-first century\u003c\/i\u003e. Fish and Game warden Tom Christiansen is involved in the bust of a smuggling operation. What he turns up is something he never anticipated: a photo of authentic Aztec priests decked out in Grateful Dead T-shirts, and a live condor from a gene pool that doesn't correspond to any known in captivity \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e the wild. It is a find that will lead him to a woman named Adrienne Rolfe--and a secret that's been hidden for sixty years...","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674714988817,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780451459336.jpg?v=1781535291","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-conquistador-by-s-m-stirling","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}