{"product_id":"2940148604952","title":"Eye of the Bear","description":"In the pristine mountains of the Blue Ridge just north of Asheville, N.C. lies the self-contained community of Micaville.  It is a place where the changes of time have had less influence on than the more suburban areas of the Appalachians.  A place where you can still find ol’ timers setting atop of upturned empty pickle barrels playing checkers on the front lawn of the county court house.  A place where everybody waves a warm salutation coupled with a mouth full of kind greetings to both friend and stranger, a place where children are taught their three R’s (religion, relationships and respect) at home and a place where everybody is kin, if not by blood then by heart.\u003cbr\u003eIt is in this mountain mecca of modesty that the “Eye of the Bear” takes place.  Mothers have begun to brood over their children 24 hours a day.  Fathers have taken to arms standing ready to defend their babies.  Virtually every person over the age of 7 has transformed into a high state of alert.  Innocence has been shattered and hope has become hopelessness. \u003cbr\u003eSeven ‘Little Darlings’ have been snatched from the safety and comfort of their loving families and friends and in just a few hours they will forever be lost unless a new way of looking at the evidence isn’t found.\u003cbr\u003eThe investigation of these abductions has finally come to the place where conventional search and rescue procedures are failing.  Local, state and federal officials, with their best foot forward, are just not getting the job done.  It is time for an unconventional style of investigation and there is nothing more unconventional than the investigative technique of Bear and Rose.\u003cbr\u003eSilver Cloud “Bear” Queen and Rose Sterling are unique and unparagoned in the society of Private Investigators for Missing Persons.  Together they make up a oneness that blends the ancient with the future.  \u003cbr\u003eOn one side of this muckraking dyad is a man that processes the ancient Cherokee art of seeing what cannot be seen.  The Cherokee call it ‘yo-na’ ‘a-ga-do-li’, literally ‘eye of the bear’. When the evidence goes cold and the path of the investigation becomes blurred the “Eye of the Bear is your only hope to find the missing.\u003cbr\u003eOn the other side of this detecting dyad is the drop dead gorgeous redhead that goes by the name of Rose Sterling.  She is a sapient cyber sleuth that can work her magic in the world of the Internet like no other.  A country girl that is a little naughty and a little nice with the tenacity of a pit bull when she gets locked in on the bad guys.\u003cbr\u003eIn this debut story Bear and Rose team up with some very colorful characters to search for and bring home if possible these Little Darlings before time runs out.  They do their best even though time is on the side of the abductors.\u003cbr\u003esb.Burgie\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Steve Burleson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165949870320,"sku":"2940148604952","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148604952_p0.jpg?v=1763705251","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148604952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}