{"product_id":"no-such-thing-as-duty-9781966503040","title":"No Such Thing as Duty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A page-turning thrill ride.\" --Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the waning days of World War One, William Somerset Maugham--novelist, playwright, and spy--is sent to Romania to serve allied interests in the fight against Austro-Hungary while dying of tuberculosis. His handler sets him to recruit mysterious Carpathian nobleman Walter Roşu to the cause. But Roşu is more interested in William than the war, and William struggles to fulfill his duty in the face of death and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart of the Neon Hemlock Novella Series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonnelly, Lara Elena:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLara Elena Donnelly is the author of \u003ci\u003eBase Notes\u003c\/i\u003e and the Amberlough Dossier, and a co-founder of the small press Homeward Books. She lives in Harlem with a fashionable film buff and a talking cat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neon Hemlock Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276754288914,"sku":"9781966503040","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e89a499-7f07-4f1b-ae26-de4377209f01.jpg?v=1747137414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-such-thing-as-duty-9781966503040","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}