{"product_id":"cross-of-fire","title":"Cross Of Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Thomas Blackstone must outwit French forces and deadly enemies in this exciting medieval historical adventure set during the Hundred Years'' War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINTER, 1362.\u003c\/b\u003e After decades of successful campaigning in France, \u003cb\u003eThomas Blackstone\u003c\/b\u003e, once a common archer, has risen to become \u003cb\u003eEdward III''s Master of War\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family – bar his son Henry – is dead, slaughtered; his enemies only multiply. Death, in so many guises, beckons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he battles to enforce his King''s claim to French territory, Blackstone will assault an impregnable fortress, he''ll become embroiled in a feud between French aristocrats, he''ll be forced into pitched battle in the dead of winter... and he''ll be asked to pay an impossible price to protect something much more precious to the King than mere land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll the while, out of the east, a group of trained killers, burning with vengeance, draw ever closer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for David Gilman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The level of suspense is ratcheted up to a truly brutal level'' \u003cb\u003eSharon Penman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A gripping ride'' \u003cb\u003eWilbur Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gilman does heart pounding action superlatively'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Like a punch from a mailed fist, \u003ci\u003eMaster of War\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty'' \u003cb\u003eRobert Fabbri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316294852990,"sku":"NW9781788544962","price":9.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781788544962.jpg?v=1778249686","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/cross-of-fire","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}