{"product_id":"long-cold-ride-c-holtorf-9798998891434","title":"Long, Cold Ride: An Iron Way Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There are no heroes out here. Just people who don't run.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a brutal near-future America, where civilization has collapsed and survival depends on trade, grit, and trust, a boy named Tuba wakes to another bitter morning behind the rusted walls of Bill's Trade-Stop, a haven cobbled from shipping containers, barter, and stubborn decency. He doesn't remember a life before Bill. He's never asked much about how he came to be there. Until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs winter settles over the Colorado wastelands, a chance encounter stirs old memories and dangerous truths. What begins as a day like any other - feeding travelers, tending mules, becomes a journey into the past for both Tuba and the gruff trader who raised him. Over coffee, cigarettes, and trade-talk, a story unfolds: of desperate flight, of a baby rescued from violence, and a man who left behind a darker world to build something worth defending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong, Cold Ride\u003c\/b\u003e is a richly told tale of quiet resilience, forged identity, and reluctant fatherhood in a fractured world. At once intimate and epic, it introduces the stark, lived-in setting of the Iron Way - where firelight and steel stand against chaos, and where every traveler has a story worth trading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Holtorf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998891434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smokeshow Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"C. Holtorf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742935429375,"sku":"9798998891434","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/long-cold-ride-c-holtorf-9798998891434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}