{"product_id":"2940158706165","title":"Unbound","description":"John Shors reimagined one of the world's greatest love stories--the romance that inspired the Taj Mahal--in his critically acclaimed, international bestseller Beneath a Marble Sky. Now, with Unbound, Shors recreates an ancient and celebrated Chinese legend about a pair of young lovers separated by war and the Great Wall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1548, and the Chinese Empire faces an imminent Mongol invasion. All that prevents the violent end of a dynasty is the Great Wall. Yet even this famed fortification has weaknesses, and against his will, a talented Chinese craftsman is taken from his home and wife, so that he may labor alongside the wall's defenders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFan has been missing for a year when his wife, Meng, decides to do the impossible--to leave everyone and everything she knows in a daunting effort to find him. At a time when many women fear even stepping outside their homes, Meng disguises herself as a man and begins a perilous journey of deliverance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs two armies gather at the Great Wall, the fates of Fan and Meng collide with a Mongol horseman seeking redemption, a Chinese concubine fighting injustice, and a ruthless general determined to destroy them all.","brand":"John Shors, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176247443696,"sku":"2940158706165","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158706165_p0.jpg?v=1764118376","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158706165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}