{"product_id":"runaway-scrape-richard-bryan-autry-9798243473088","title":"Runaway Scrape: The Ash And The River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Runaway Scrape: The Ash and the River\"\u003c\/b\u003e is a harrowing historical drama that moves the lens away from the legendary battlefields of the Texas Revolution to the muddy, desperate exodus of the civilians caught in its wake. In March 1836, as the smoke of the fallen Alamo drifts eastward, General Sam Houston orders a scorched-earth retreat, forcing thousands of settlers to burn their homes and flee toward the Louisiana border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story weaves together three unlikely lives thrust into a shared struggle for survival: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilas and Martha: \u003c\/b\u003e An enslaved couple who recognize that the collapse of social order is their only chance to slip away toward the \"Neutral Ground\" and find true freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKlaus: \u003c\/b\u003e A German immigrant who speaks little English and cares nothing for the politics of revolution, but must now defend his family against a wilderness that has turned hostile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdeline: \u003c\/b\u003e A refined settler and wife of a Texian officer, forced to abandon her luxuries for a mud-caked wagon and rely on the very people she once looked down upon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the heavy spring rains turn the Texas plains into a treacherous swamp, the group must contend with rising rivers, the looming shadow of Santa Anna's scouts, and the threat of opportunistic outlaws. In the chaos, the rigid hierarchies of race and class begin to dissolve. Silas and Martha's survival skills become the group's lifeblood, while Martha's knowledge of medicine saves Adeline's child from the \"swamp fever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tension reaches a breaking point when slave catchers use the cover of the war to hunt Silas and Martha. Adeline is forced to make a pivotal choice: uphold the laws of the world she knew, or risk everything to protect the people who saved her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Ash and the River\"\u003c\/b\u003e is a visceral exploration of the \"Equalizer of Misery,\" portraying the Texas Revolution not as a series of glorious charges, but as a grueling test of human spirit where \"independence\" meant something vastly different to every soul walking the road to the Sabine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Bryan Autry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243473088\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\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Richard Bryan Autry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171732922623,"sku":"9798243473088","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/runaway-scrape-richard-bryan-autry-9798243473088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}