{"product_id":"dragons-trail-9780997887556","title":"Dragon's Trail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I didn't come here to sell my soul. I came here to buy it back.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Once dubbed \"The Deadliest Man Alive,\" Jarrod Torrealday is a former Olympic saber hopeful and medieval weapons expert banned from competition for killing another fencer in a duel. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A young sorcerer from another world offers Jarrod the gig of a lifetime and a shot at redemption: advisor to the war council for a magical realm teetering on the brink of collapse, with a foreign army massing just beyond its borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwept into a treacherous and deadly world of intrigue and conspiracy, Jarrod soon learns that the enemy mastermind is also from Earth, and has laid the foundations for a new kind of war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeamlessly blending hard science with elements of classic sword and sorcery, \u003cem\u003eDragon's Trail \u003c\/em\u003eis an international bestseller that's being hailed as the pioneering work of a new genre: the Fantasy Technothriller.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalik, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joseph Malik writes and lectures on advanced intelligence theory and asymmetric warfare for the U.S. military. He has worked as a stuntman, a high-rise window washer, a freelance writer, a computational linguist, a touring rock musician, and a soldier in the United States Special Operations Command. A veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, he currently serves in the U.S. Army Reserve and lives in the Pacific Northwest along with his wife and their two dogs.","brand":"Oxblood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623518896402,"sku":"9780997887556","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_269cd745-400b-4e6f-9b86-23453bac711c.jpg?v=1758639658","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dragons-trail-9780997887556","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}