{"product_id":"ashura-quintin-jose-v-pastrana-9789815233865","title":"Ashura: A Filipino Reckoning","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a country riven by death and corruption, unlikely companions risk everything to find a little girl whose secret could expose murderers hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshura \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of three lives, intertwined by fate and circumstance, speaking truth to power amid the escalating tide of extrajudicial killings in modern-day Philippines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning three continents, seven cities, and twelve months, the novel weaves a powerful narrative of interrupted youth, shared identity amid brazen politics, and the elusive search for justice. It traces the invisible threads of kinship that grow stronger as its characters navigate the fragile line between life and death, history and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The reader is drawn into separate inner journeys that converge on the bloodstained streets of Metro Manila and Mindanao, the shifting corridors of power in Washington, DC, and the dark recesses of Barcelona--culminating in an uncertain reckoning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eAshura\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a shared, unfinished legacy of a nation still struggling to define itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quintin Jose V. Pastrana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9815233866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789815233865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Quintin Jose V. Pastrana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474633507071,"sku":"9789815233865","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ce551d4-ef57-4631-8ef6-d77fb21ed3f9.jpg?v=1762317941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ashura-quintin-jose-v-pastrana-9789815233865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}