{"product_id":"9781462820016","title":"The Giant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Stop right there.” It was    a voice of measured power, a voice comfortable with command.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eWith these words, we are    introduced to a new character in the pantheon of heroic figures, a giant    in stature and strength who is but too human in aspiration. Nature has    favored him as undefeatable in combat, society has cast him as military    champion, yet he longs for tranquility of home and delectation of    family. What must he accomplish to earn the right to claim his desire?    What must he sacrifice?\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThe port of Girasol,    known to all as “the beautiful jewel,” offers the giant a winter’s    respite from his wanderings. He finds amicable welcome among denizens in    the local tavern and there, too, he finds Soessa,   the copper haired round girl who    warms his heart through the coldest of nights.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen    the village is threatened by pirate siege, local moneylenders implore    him to raise armed defense but, averse to presiding over even one more    battle, the giant defers accepting their commission. He encounters    trolls with peculiar dietary penchants and wondrous skills, who fathom    greater threat concealed within folds of the pirate attack. For they    remember the Demonic Titans’ vow to take as brother he who releases them    from interment imposed in ages past by the Great Powers. It is    Schadenfreude, master of the pirate fleet, manipulator of lives, who    intends to redeem the Titans’ promise. His cruelty is exceeded only by    their treachery, his madness by their craving. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTown dwellers,  bucolics of the country wide around, troll tribes, caravaneers from the distant  east, and swamp-saurians crystallize alliances to resist their common enemy.  However, their stand against the far stronger pirates is doomed without the  giant’s aid. Devotion among the confederates to their families and to the  beautiful jewel enables the giant to see his own thread in the grand tapestry of  the ages and to choose a course of action by which he can both defend Girasol  and attain the life of peace he seeks. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Some of The Giant’s Supporting Characters  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e             \u003cp\u003eA    lizard of a man, the Saurian scout fell upon her with his teeth, biting    and gnashing and tearing until she moved no more. The lizard’s tongue    lapped blood from once beautiful flesh. He snickered quietly to himself,    “Sweet. Very sweet.”            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow in    mid winter did one furry little Tribal Luminary, the troll princess    Mozin Bur Mai, bid Girasol’s harbor calm with no more than chant and    seashell? One might sooner know “why?” than “how?”                       \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129490194672,"sku":"9781462820016","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462820016_p0.jpg?v=1763678087","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462820016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}