{"product_id":"2940158796029","title":"The Ridge Runners, The Wars of the East","description":"The leader of this band would most likely be the first one to speak and that also meant that, they would also be the first person Lee killed.  The two men looked around the camp, especially at the two horses and the many packs by the horse's feet, then back at Lee, still smiling their gap-toothed grin.  Each man was over six foot tall and dressed in animal skins as was the custom of most clan and tribal peoples Lee had ever known.  Both men looked muscular and had long hair and beards.  The only differences in them were that the man to Lee's right had a red beard and the other man, a black one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Good day to ya stranger.\" Said the one with the red beard.  \"Mind if we share ya fire?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sure, come on in.\"  Lee said with a smile as he put his food down, freeing up his other hand.  \"Have a seat and warm yourselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank ya, fir the kindness.\"  Red beard replied with a grin, as he and Black Beard approached.  \"You not from round hear, is ya?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, can't say that I am.\" Lee replied as he returned their smile.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee's left hand was hidden under his jacket, holding one of his blasters.  Lee had already adjusted his scim, under his jacket, to be within easy reach of his left hand, if needed.  As Lee figured, the man placed his spear in into his left hand and reach out with his right to shake hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Me names Crock, \"Red Beard said in a friendly tone, but his eyes betrayed the evil in his heart.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Lee knew what the signal would be.  Once he shook hands with Red beard, Lee's right hand, most people's fighting hand, would be in the man's grasp, making Lee an easy kill for the person behind him.  Lee smiled and extended his right hand for the handshake.  As Crock firmly grabbed Lee's hand, the person behind Lee sprung from cover, just as Back Beard drew back his spear to impale Lee, since Lee was firmly held in place by Crock.  But they all got a nasty surprise.  As the person behind Lee swung his\/her, club down towards Lee's head in which would surely have been a crushing blow, Lee had side stepped to his right.  Lee kicked out his left foot at the same time, catching the very large woman, (Lee could now see that it was a woman, at least biologically speaking) in the pit of her very large belly.  At the same time, Lee swung Crock right into the path of black beards spear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack beards spear entered, a very surprised, Crock's chest and exited out his back, severing his spinal cord, before Black Beard could slow his assault.  Lee pulled his blaster free in his left hand and fired his first shot into black beards face.  Black Beard's head disintegrated in a brilliant flash of light and his headless body flopped to the ground, spraying blood straight up into the air as if it were a fountain in Com City's central park.  Lee turned and fired his second shot into the opened mouth of the fat woman, blowing her head off her shoulders in mid-vomit.  Lee then put the pistol away, drew his scim, and headed off to his left just as the fourth member of the ambush came out of the bushes, wet from the knees up.","brand":"Claude Arthur Huntley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101032595696,"sku":"2940158796029","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158796029_p0.jpg?v=1764119328","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158796029","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}