{"product_id":"santa-olivia-9780446198172","title":"Santa Olivia","description":"\u003cb\u003eLushly written with rich and vivid characters, \u003ci\u003eSanta Olivia\u003c\/i\u003e is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. A fugitive \"Wolf-Man\" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by the US government as a weapon. The \"Wolf-Men\" were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear, and Loup, named for and sharing her father's wolf-like qualities, is marked as an outsider. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After her mother dies, Loup goes to live among the misfit orphans at the parish church, where they seethe from the injustices visited upon the locals by the soldiers. Eventually, the orphans find an outlet for their frustrations: They form a vigilante group to support Loup Garron who, costumed as their patron saint, Santa Olivia, uses her special abilities to avenge the town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aware that she could lose her freedom, and possibly her life, Loup is determined to fight to redress the wrongs her community has suffered. And like the reincarnation of their patron saint, she will bring hope to all of Santa Olivia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Carey\u003c\/b\u003e's previous publications include various short stories, essays, the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eAngels: Celestial Spirits in Legend and Art\u003c\/i\u003e, and the nationally bestselling series Kushiel's Legacy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527001051410,"sku":"9780446198172","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5584007-6dcc-4ccc-9e11-24f68387ff16.jpg?v=1731289891","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/santa-olivia-9780446198172","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}