{"product_id":"no-mans-land-9781662532733","title":"No Man's Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough divergent experiences of working-class poverty, country house privilege, and the trenches of WWI, a boy comes of age in a rapidly changing world in an epic novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Palace at the End of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Room of Lost Steps\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon 1910. Adam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. Following his mother's tragic death, he moves north to Scarsdale, a hard-living coal-mining town, where his father finds work as a union organizer. But soon escalating tensions between the miners and their employer, Sir John Scarsdale, explode with terrible consequences. In the aftermath, Adam is taken into the Scarsdale family home, where Sir John's son Brice is his rival for the love of the parson's beautiful daughter. As Brice plots Adam's downfall, the country teeters on the edge of a war that will change everyone's lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the gruelling workhouses of London to the suffocating Yorkshire mines, from the privilege and repression of an Edwardian country estate to the explosive trenches on the Western Front, Adam's journey from boy to man unfolds against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic coming-of-age novel about overcoming adversity through the power of love, hope, friendship, and an unyielding refusal to surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised edition: This edition of \u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e includes editorial revisions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTolkien, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSimon Tolkien is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Palace at the End of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Room of Lost Steps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrders from Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe King of Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFinal Witness\u003c\/i\u003e. He studied modern history at Trinity College, Oxford, and went on to become a London barrister specializing in criminal defense. Simon is the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien and is a director of the Tolkien Estate. In 2022 he was named as series consultant to the Amazon TV series \u003ci\u003eThe Rings of Power\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife, vintage fashion author Tracy Tolkien, in Southern California, and they have two children, Nicholas and Anna. For more information, visit www.simontolkien.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Union Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705106432274,"sku":"9781662532733","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a184bff7-ccd5-48de-aee9-87a90950b5c2.jpg?v=1762340857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-mans-land-9781662532733","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}