{"product_id":"ash-and-timber-caleb-rowan-9798245889443","title":"Ash and Timber: The Mercer Bloodline (Book one)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsh and Timber\u003c\/b\u003e is the opening novel in \u003ci\u003eThe Mercer Bloodline\u003c\/i\u003e, a sweeping historical saga of family, survival, and inheritance on the early American frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing years of the eighteenth century, the wilderness is not empty land-it is contested, unforgiving, and already written in blood. For young Thaddeus Mercer, the frontier offers no promise of opportunity, only the hard truth that survival must be earned, and legacy must be defended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter violence shatters his childhood and scatters what remains of his family, Thaddeus is forced into the mountains, where isolation becomes both refuge and trial. As he comes of age among hunters, settlers, and the displaced, he learns that the land remembers every wound carved into it-and every family that dares to claim it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from burned homesteads to deep forest trails, \u003ci\u003eAsh and Timber\u003c\/i\u003e follows Thaddeus as he builds a life amid shifting loyalties, looming wars, and the quiet, relentless pressure of history. Each choice he makes-who to trust, where to stand, when to fight-will echo forward, shaping not only his fate, but the generations that follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with stark realism and emotional restraint, \u003cb\u003eAsh and Timber\u003c\/b\u003e explores the cost of settlement, the burden of bloodlines, and the fragile line between endurance and destruction. It is a story of how families are forged not only by love, but by loss-and how the past passes down, whether it is wanted or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of epic historical fiction, frontier sagas, and generational novels, \u003ci\u003eAsh and Timber\u003c\/i\u003e begins a powerful journey through land, time, and legacy-where what is built from ash must stand as timber for those yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caleb Rowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245889443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d","brand":"Caleb Rowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172007715071,"sku":"9798245889443","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ash-and-timber-caleb-rowan-9798245889443","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}