{"product_id":"where-the-fire-settles-michael-r-vale-9798272281425","title":"Where the Fire Settles: The Calder Bend Cycle","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhere the Fire Settles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook One of The Calder Bend Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael R. Vale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome fires never die-they just learn how to live quiet beneath the dust.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix years after the blaze that destroyed Calder Bend, Levi Cutter swore he'd never set foot in that town again. But when a letter arrives from Cora Vale-the woman he loved and lost-Levi saddles up and rides back into the place he buried his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he finds is more than ruins. The ground hums underfoot, the air tastes of smoke, and the people speak in half-truths. Moss Cutter, the brother Levi left behind, has become a legend whispered around campfires-a man tied to the fire that changed them all. Now the land itself seems to remember what happened, and it's done keeping quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs secrets surface and the old ridge begins to breathe again, Levi, Cora, and a boy with eyes too familiar must reckon with the debts left unpaid-because some truths don't stay buried, and the earth keeps its own ledger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of love, guilt, and the long memory of the American West, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Fire Settles\u003c\/i\u003e blends the stark beauty of a classic frontier tale with the haunting intimacy of literary fiction.\u003cbr\u003eFor readers who found poetry in \u003cb\u003eKent Haruf\u003c\/b\u003e, mystery in \u003cb\u003eCraig Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e, and redemption in \u003cb\u003eCormac McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e, this is where the flame still burns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the fire settles, what's left behind isn't ruin-it's remembrance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael R. Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798272281425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Michael R. Vale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170883281151,"sku":"9798272281425","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-the-fire-settles-michael-r-vale-9798272281425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}