{"product_id":"captive-book-fiona-king-foster-9781443460996","title":"The Captive","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this page-turning rural noir, a\u003cbr\u003e woman is forced to confront her own past during a pulse-pounding\u003cbr\u003e expedition to deliver a fugitive\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a secessionist rural state that has cut itself off\u003cbr\u003e completely from urban centres, where living is hardscrabble and poor\u003cbr\u003e but \"free,\" Brooke Holland runs a farm with her husband and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e Their existence at the fringes of modern society is tenuous--they make barely enough from each harvest to keep going--yet Brooke cherishes the loving, peaceful life they\u003cbr\u003e have carved out for themselves. She has even begun to believe she is\u003cbr\u003e free from the violent history she has kept a secret from her family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen escaped criminal Stephen Cawley\u003cbr\u003e attacks the farm, Brooke's buried talents surface, and she manages\u003cbr\u003e to quickly and harshly subdue him. Convinced that he has\u003cbr\u003e come in retribution for the blood feud that began years ago, Brooke sets out to\u003cbr\u003e bring Cawley to justice, planning to use the bounty on his head to lead her\u003cbr\u003e family into hiding far from danger. Fearing that other members of Cawley's\u003cbr\u003e infamous family will soon descend on the farm, Brooke insists that Milo and the\u003cbr\u003e girls flee with her, travelling miles on foot across an unforgiving landscape\u003cbr\u003e to reach the nearest marshal. Their journey, beginning at the onset of winter\u003cbr\u003e with little preparation, brings already strained family dynamics to the\u003cbr\u003e breaking point. As Brooke's ghosts--both real and imagined--close in, the ruthlessness that allowed her to survive her past\u003cbr\u003e may become the biggest threat to her hopes for a different future. What follows\u003cbr\u003e is a harrowing exploration of family loyalty, trauma and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs haunting and propulsive as it is\u003cbr\u003e powerfully written, The Captive is a thrilling debut novel\u003cbr\u003e about the seemingly impossible choices we make to survive and protect the ones\u003cbr\u003e we love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49508446208273,"sku":"GOR013737804","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49541016420625,"sku":"GOR013734649","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52965580538129,"sku":"GOR014672852","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1443460990.jpg?v=1751272941","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/captive-book-fiona-king-foster-9781443460996","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}