{"product_id":"emir-s-falcon-book-matt-hughes-9781989398319","title":"The Emir's Falcon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe was raised to be free, not some rich man's pet . . . It's just not right\u0026gt;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernie Cholach's dad wants him to take over the family's rural Alberta feedlot, but Bernie has other ideas: he wants to be a biologist, an interest sparked by his experiences as a volunteer bird handler at a Canadian Wildlife Service facility that breeds and rears peregrine falcons for release into the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheik Nasur bin Mukhta, son of a Persian Gulf emir studying petroleum engineering at the University of Alberta, dutifully accepts\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003ehis life's\u003c\/em\u003e course, laid out for him by his traditionalist culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosie Leboucan, daughter of a Metis trapper, running her injured dad's trap line in the Swan Hills is focused on keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, the Government of Canada decides to give the emir one of the peregrines as a diplomatic gift. It's more than Bernie can stand. Impulsively, he takes the bird he has been tending--he's named it Skyrider--and flees to a remote cabin in the Swan Hills wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe RCMP mount a search. Nasur, sent by his father to collect the bird, insists on being on the scene--which turns out to be both Rosie's trapping territory\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e the territory of a hungry and dangerous mama grizzly bear with cubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe paths of the young people and the bear converge--and their coming together will send each in a new direction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50397278241041,"sku":"CIN1989398316G","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52136863891729,"sku":"NLS9781989398319","price":19.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B0BC4MPGD6.jpg?v=1751414690","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/emir-s-falcon-book-matt-hughes-9781989398319","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}