{"product_id":"9781514490112","title":"The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles: Book 2, Finding Billy Battles Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilly Battles is definitely not in Kansas anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Book 2 of the Finding Billy Battles trilogy opens, Billy is far from his Kansas roots and his improbable journeys are just starting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe year is 1894 and Billy is aboard the S S China sailing to the inscrutable Far East. Trouble is not far behind. He has met a mysterious and possibly dangerous German Baroness. He has locked horns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewith malevolent agents of the German government and battled ferocious Chinese and Malay pirates in the South China Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLater, he is embroiled in the bloody anti-French insurgency in Indochina–which quite possibly makes him the fi rst American combatant in a country that eventually will become Vietnam. Then, in the Philippines, he is thrust into the Spanish-American War and the brutal anti-American insurgency that follows. But Billy’s troubles are only beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the 19th century ends and the 20th century begins, he finds himself entangled with political opportunists, spies, revolutionaries, and an assortment of vindictive and dubious characters of both sexes. How will Billy handle those people and the challenges they present? The answers are just ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132465234160,"sku":"9781514490112","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781514490112_p0.jpg?v=1763726163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781514490112","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}