{"product_id":"forest-lessons-jason-venter-9798288967870","title":"Forest Lessons","description":"\u003cb\u003eLife's darkest lessons can only be learned the hard way.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdmund has a temper, a privileged upbringing, and absolutely no business investigating a murder. Which is exactly why the church assigns him to assist Paladin John. It's punishment disguised as opportunity, in a world where magic answers only to the faithful and anyone else caught practicing it can expect no mercy at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir assignment takes them into the deep woods outside Langston, to a logging camp where four men have already died. No witnesses. No clear motive. Just bodies, and a foreman who needs answers before he loses what's left of his crew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdmund is supposed to watch and learn. Instead, the case pulls him in deeper than anyone could have planned. Worse, he finds himself in a dangerous entanglement with a woman he can't stop thinking about, even though his betrothed is waiting for him back home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs John and Edmund close in on the truth, the killer's reasons turn out to run far deeper-and darker-than either of them expected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eForest Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e is book one of \u003ci\u003eThe Paladin's Assistant\u003c\/i\u003e, a dark fantasy mystery about faith, blame, and a truth that doesn't let anyone walk away clean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Venter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798288967870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Jason Venter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169637703935,"sku":"9798288967870","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forest-lessons-jason-venter-9798288967870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}