{"product_id":"the-lotus-and-the-dragon-brent-towns-9798895675274","title":"The Lotus and the Dragon: A Historical Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack Crowe knows the price of killing-and the frontier always collects its debts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter serving ten hard years for shooting two bushrangers, Jack earns his freedom the only way the outback allows: sweat, silence, and survival. He builds a freight business across the dangerous country of 1880s New South Wales, believing the past is finally behind him-until a former policeman turned bushranger wipes out everyone Jack once worked beside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevenge sets him moving, but love complicates the hunt. First comes Clara Watson and the promise of a respectable life, torn away by prison bars and betrayal. Then, on the goldfields, Jack meets An Ni-a woman hardened by violence, captivity, and a world that treats her as property. As riots erupt and Chinese miners vanish, Jack is dragged into a brutal trade where men are enslaved and women are sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frontier offers no mercy. Every choice tightens the noose. And if Jack wants justice-and the woman he loves-he'll have to fight through chains, blood, and the one truth he can't escape: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome men survive the outback. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers are claimed by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brent Towns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798895675274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wolfpack Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Brent Towns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440694767871,"sku":"9798895675274","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11bd7478-d3a7-40a9-a920-4efdfd3959e3.jpg?v=1777184188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lotus-and-the-dragon-brent-towns-9798895675274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}