{"product_id":"murmuration-paperback","title":"Murmuration - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSid Balman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Christmas, Ademar Zarkan, and Prometheus Stone are the best of \u003cbr\u003eAmerica--united by war, scarred by displacement, and resolute in the face\u003cbr\u003e of the troubles that rip the nation apart over three decades. \u003cbr\u003eChristmas, a Somali translator with a split personality, and Zarkan, a \u003cbr\u003eMuslim sharpshooter who defies gender and religious constraints to \u003cbr\u003egraduate from West Point, are first brought together by Stone, a lapsed \u003cbr\u003eJew and an Army captain, amidst war and famine in East Africa. Their \u003cbr\u003eensuing journey--which takes them from the mean streets of Mogadishu to \u003cbr\u003ethe high desert of West Texas, from the barren plains of Indian country \u003cbr\u003eto the rolling hills of Minnesota--is at turns tragic and uplifting. \u003cbr\u003eCharlie's son, Amir, is the bookmark in their lives, and the struggle to\u003cbr\u003e raise him amid the predators of white supremacy and violent radicalism \u003cbr\u003eis their life's work. With the help of Buck, the bomb-sniffing dog with a\u003cbr\u003e nose for danger, they prevail over Somali militias, pirates, white \u003cbr\u003esupremacists, and ISIS terrorists in a splintering world that has turned\u003cbr\u003e on itself like a serpent in the singularly obscene act of devouring its\u003cbr\u003e own tail. A sweeping novel that digs deep into the backstories of some \u003cbr\u003eof the beloved West Texas characters from \u003ci\u003eSeventh Flag, \u003c\/i\u003e Balman's award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMurmuration\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing story of what it means to be American in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334355128557,"sku":"9781684630912","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/l1zIjld4zj9781684630912.webp?v=1785010589","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/murmuration-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}