{"product_id":"2940043318077","title":"The Wildcat's Burden [Iskander: Book Four]","description":"This new Iskander adventure of Gisel Matah's follows on from The \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWildcat\u003c\/span\u003e's  Victory that saw her as an important participant in the creation of a new peace  treaty that ends one war as well as threats of another larger one. Gisel learned  she was pregnant at the end of that story, and now married to Yohan and near the  end of her pregnancy, she has yet to enjoy the fruits of that peace herself. \u003cp\u003eShe gets no maternity leave, but what her superiors describe as a safe desk  job, military governor of the port city of Skrona. But the city is the most  turbulent in Europe; the transhipment point for the world-changing products of  Iskander's industry; focal point for all the ambitions, competition and greed of  a new and growing middle class; a hotbed of spies, cheats, shysters and  murderers who have come from every nation to steal what the Iskanders are not  prepared to sell. Among this turmoil, Gisel's enemies can pass almost unseen,  with their minds fixed on revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWildcat\u003c\/span\u003e's Burden presents the reverse side of an Iskander story. Gisel  Matah cannot go after enemies and evil in her old swashbuckling way to defeat  them -- but the troubles all come to her. In many ways, her problems are not  caused by enemies but by the system where she is a key player. The actions and  the dangers are no less compelling, and her success is no less immediately vital  to those around her, who depend upon her and her \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWildcat\u003c\/span\u003e Tricks. What can Gisel  do to ensure her rule holds together while she is giving birth? Well -- that has  to be a deep secret. It has to be a surprise -- and it has to work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Double Dragon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071853641968,"sku":"2940043318077","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940043318077_p0.jpg?v=1763659953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940043318077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}