{"product_id":"9780547350882","title":"The Work of Wolves: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis story of a horse trainer and a rich man's wife is \"a gorgeously written, exacting exploration of duty and retribution set in dusty rural South Dakota\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson-now a skilled and respected horse trainer-grudgingly agrees to train Magnus's horses and teach his wife to ride.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher's wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet town in South Dakota. Thrown into the drama are Earl Walks Alone, a Lakota trying to study his way out of the reservation and into college, and Willi, a German exchange student confronting his family's troubled history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    Described by Howard Frank Mosher as \"the best western-based fiction I've read since \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlainsong\u003c\/i\u003e,\" this \"compelling\" story of love and hatred by the author of \u003ci\u003eTwisted Tree\u003c\/i\u003e offers \"fine characterizations, crisp dialogue and fully realized sense of place\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \"Kent Meyers's new novel is the kind of book that demands and rewards fierce loyalty. . . . I instantly fell under its spell.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46506073850097,"sku":"9780547350882","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780547350882_p0.jpg?v=1766422463","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547350882","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}