{"product_id":"big-hill-by-c-j-friend","title":"Big Hill by C.J. Friend","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk219623109\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA desperate journey west turns into a slow, merciless unraveling where grief, suspicion, and something far darker claim everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e1851.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA struggling Missouri family risks everything for the promise of free land in the Oregon Territory—fertile soil, a fresh start, a future worth fighting for. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThey join a wagon train bound for the West, led by a hardened guide and filled with quiet, insular travelers who keep to themselves. At first the journey is merely harsh. Then it becomes something else entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIllness strikes. Accidents happen. One by one, their children die.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eEach loss is explained away—bad luck, the dangers of the trail, the cost of chasing a dream. But the tragedies don’t spread across the group. They fall only on one family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAs grief twists into suspicion, husband and wife begin to question everything: their fellow travelers, their son, even themselves. And as they near the treacherous descent known as Big Hill, the line between misfortune and intent begins to blur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBecause on the Oregon Trail, survival isn’t just about enduring the land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIt’s about the danger that travels with you—and what you’re willing to do when hope dies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Hare Press","offers":[{"title":"Digital","offer_id":46845959209099,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46845959241867,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/4062\/9131\/files\/BigHillbyC.J.Friend.jpg?v=1777884481","url":"https:\/\/blackharepress.com\/products\/big-hill-by-c-j-friend","provider":"Black Hare Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}