{"product_id":"9780714530574","title":"On the Bright Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eClever, urgent and uncompromisingly individual.? \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConvinced that he is dying, Cathal Kerr retreats into his lonely cottage, preoccupied with the workings of his own mind and spirit. Meanwhile, in the wood above Cathal's desolate home, in a time overlapping the present, a sixth-century woodsman, the Tracker, watches the movement of beast and man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe road running nearby follows the old Roman highway, transformed by legend into \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Road\u003c\/i\u003e . What happens when Cathal's world comes into contact with an age long gone? Who will survive when men and armies clash on the Bright Road? Could this be the end of one man's universe ... or the beginning of another's? \u003ci\u003eOn The Bright Road\u003c\/i\u003e follows the dark transmigration of a soul into the bleak, shifting landscapes of Celtic Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A writer of real power.\"? \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaddy Figgis\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Powys, Wales. She is the author of three novels, including \u003ci\u003eRibstone Pippins\u003c\/i\u003e , which were published by Marion Boyars under the name Helen Wykham. Her novel, The Fourth Mode, appeared under the name N. P. Figgis. She has also produced a large number of articles and monographs relating to Welsh archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027966476528,"sku":"9780714530574","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780714530574_p0.jpg?v=1763620715","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780714530574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}