{"product_id":"all-things-left-wild-9781799956464","title":"All Things Left Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter an attempted horse theft goes tragically wrong, sixteen-year-old Caleb Bentley is on the run with his mean-spirited older brother across the American Southwest at the turn of the twentieth century. Caleb's moral compass and inner courage will be tested as they travel the harsh terrain and encounter those who have carved out a life there, for good or ill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWealthy and bookish Randall Dawson, out of place in this rugged and violent country, is begrudgingly chasing after the Bentley brothers. With little sense of how to survive, much less how to take his revenge, Randall meets Charlotte, a woman experienced in the deadly ways of life in the West. Together they navigate the murky values of vigilante justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful and atmospheric, lyrical and fast-paced, All Things Left Wild is a coming-of-age for one man, a midlife odyssey for the other, and an illustration of the violence and corruption prevalent in our fast-expanding country. It artfully sketches the magnificence of the American West as mirrored in the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWade, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Wade \u003c\/strong\u003elives and writes in the Texas Hill Country with his wife and daughter. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eAll Things Left Wild\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2021 Spur Award for Historical Novel. James is also a winner of the Writers' League of Texas Manuscript Contest and a finalist of the Tethered by Letters Short Fiction Contest. His fiction has appeared in various literary magazines, including the \u003cem\u003eBitter Oleander\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626316108050,"sku":"9781799956464","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec625da6-1d82-4d39-b1cc-fa4f112d860e.jpg?v=1732655644","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-things-left-wild-9781799956464","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}