{"product_id":"2940152501360","title":"Soldier From the Sky, Book Three: Sword of Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Twice-Told Warriors’ Tale\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II. Nick Mancuso, a Brooklyn-born, deadeye gunner on a B-24 bomber is severely wounded in aerial combat, bails out over the wintry Apennines and loses consciousness while still in his parachute, his last thoughts on his lover, Theresa.\u003cbr\u003eHe awakens displaced in time, under the care of Italian partisans. By ancient magic and force of fate he’s become his own medieval ancestor and leader of a peasant rebellion in collusion with the tyrant's dangerously enchanting daughter.\u003cbr\u003eTo return to Theresa and parallel existence Nick must fight for his life in a world of hidden treasure, superstition, star-crossed love, intrigue, brutality and betrayal, and show fierce bravery in an epic battle for gold, glory and survival in 14th Century Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook Three: Sword of Fire\u003cbr\u003eOn a bitter winter night,1342, in the peasant village outside San Michele, Niccolo Mancuso is born in the last minutes of his mother's life. Though the Jewels of Saladin have never been found but the walled town has continued to prosper and grow. While the Montagna family and their financiers live palatially behind the walls, the paesanos lead a merciless, indebted life in the fields. Niccolo is a peculiar child, born with a gold fleck in his left eye, and unnerving presence and precocity. The superstitious believe if he is unearthly and avoid looking in his eye.\u003cbr\u003eDays after bailing out, Nick awakens in a mountain lodge, amnesiac and under the care of partisans, an old man learned in the ways of forest medicine and a woman whose husband was killed by the Gestapo. Nick is uncertain who or where he is, but recognizes her from another time and place. They explain his American origins, how he was shot down and rescued, nearly dead from a tree. He remembers nothing of it, but upon seeing himself in a hand mirror, realizes the gold flake is now in his opposite eye.\u003cbr\u003eNico's odd behavior, knowledge and curiosity make him outcast. At twelve, he meets a companion. The Baron Montagna's daughter was born with an abnormality that keeps her veiled and locked away in a private world in the palace. She convinces her father Nico's savant powers will increase their fortunes and begins teaching him writing, reading and numbers.They concoct foolish ways to free her from her father's tyranny and swear they will go to China and ride elephants.\u003cbr\u003eNick the American flyer passes in and out of dreams and limbo wakefulness, his strength returning, but not his identity or past life. His conjoining memories make no sense.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the baron's daughter is taken to a nunnery and kills herself rather than live imprisoned, Nico swears a chivalric oath to her soul to destroy the Montagna house in her name, with whatever power he possesses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M.C. Clary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103006540016,"sku":"2940152501360","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152501360_p0.jpg?v=1764022065","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152501360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}