{"product_id":"far-bright-star-9781565129801","title":"Far Bright Star","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Gleaming, spellbinding fiction . . . Terrifying and abruptly beautiful, the new novel gleams with a masculine intensity; it is hard to read and hard to put down.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. Terrain is unforgiving. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of inexperienced horse soldiers on seemingly fruitless searches. Though he is seasoned at such missions, things go terribly wrong, and his patrol is suddenly at the mercy of an enemy intent on their destruction. After witnessing the demise of his troops, Napoleon is left by his captors to die in the desert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through him we enter the conflicted mind of a warrior as he tries to survive against all odds, as he seeks to make sense of a lifetime of senseless wars and to reckon with the reasons a man would choose a life on the battlefield. Olmstead, an award-winning writer, has created a tightly wound novel that is as moving as it is terrifying. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlmstead, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobert Olmstead\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight previous books. \u003ci\u003eCoal Black Horse\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the Heartland Prize for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Coldest Night\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. \u003ci\u003eFar Bright Star\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. Olmstead is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA grant and is a professor at Ohio Wesleyan University.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662501843218,"sku":"9781565129801","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85b02328-a63f-49dc-977d-22857c2252e8.jpg?v=1733526206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/far-bright-star-9781565129801","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}