{"product_id":"the-burden-dennis-j-lord-9798218725587","title":"The Burden","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Burden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy: DJ Lord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final days of the Soviet Union, three university students pull off the most daring heist in Cold War history-hijacking a military transport plane to steal millions in untraceable American dollars. But what begins as a calculated rebellion soon spirals into decades of exile, betrayal, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in Chicago, two of the last survivors, Mikael and Ilya, are living quiet, fractured lives, haunted by secrets and holding onto a fortune they can never safely spend. When a violent explosion shakes their neighborhood, the past resurfaces-and so do the people who never stopped hunting them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught in the fallout are detectives Nardone and Sayers, whose own moral boundaries begin to crumble as they uncover the truth: the money is real, the danger is imminent, and the choices ahead could change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning from Leningrad to Istanbul, from forgotten airfields to cramped city flats, \u003cem\u003eThe Burden\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary thriller about the weight of loyalty, the cost of freedom, and the thin line between justice and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis J. Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218725587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Angrajachun LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Dennis J. Lord","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997018108159,"sku":"9798218725587","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-burden-dennis-j-lord-9798218725587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}