{"product_id":"the-mariner-tom-golden-9798988542131","title":"The Mariner","description":"\u003cp\u003eA castaway in a strange land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dying god, prisoner of a mad king.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final conflict in an ancient war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Raina Marbuck, a mariner aboard the \u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e, is offered hefty pay to help transport a royal expedition with a secret purpose into the broken lands beyond the kingdom, she can't refuse. Leaving her young daughter behind, Marbuck departs into the wastes, certain she'll be returning soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, she finds herself embroiled in an odyssey that will take her from the blackest depths of terror, trapped aboard a slaver's galleon, to the intrigues of a forgotten desert realm, pulled between the power of two gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to return to her daughter, Marbuck must make a duplicitous bargain with one of these gods, one that will force her to confront her own king and the aftermath of his expedition's cosmic meddling. Faced with the end of everything, Marbuck, a simple mariner, will find her own desires balanced against the fate of the world...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Golden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988542131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Golden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Tom Golden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996895916287,"sku":"9798988542131","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mariner-tom-golden-9798988542131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}