{"product_id":"9781469217529","title":"Big Maria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e2013 Anthony Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s gold in them thar hills—or more precisely, in Arizona’s Chocolate Mountains, where one hundred years ago a miner stashed a king’s ransom of the stuff. But times have changed. The world has changed. And now the Chocolate Mountains are the home of the largest military artillery range in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry’s living on disability and getting liquored up and beaten down. Frank’s a feisty old-timer battling cancer and a domineering daughter. And Ricky’s a good kid in a bad spot, doing everything for family. Together they’re staking what little they have left on a dangerous quest to the Big Maria Mine—and the gold that can offer them a new beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately a meth-dealing biker wants a piece, a trigger-happy AWOL soldier wants to play chicken in a live minefield, two stubborn burros want to go home, a starving mountain lion wants his dinner, and the US Army wants to rain on our heroes’ parade with real bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you’re all out of crazy ideas, you’ve got to try the stupid ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine Chuck Palahniuk and Don Winslow’s love child – and that would be ribald author Johnny Shaw. His novel \u003ci\u003eBig Maria\u003c\/i\u003e is a unfiltered, wild romp in which three men get one chance to find a lost gold mine; the only problem is the Big Maria Mine is right in the middle of a US Army artillery range. Click here to read an excerpt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031114236144,"sku":"9781469217529","price":49.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469217529_p0.jpg?v=1763699164","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469217529","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}