{"product_id":"blood-and-soil-9798218618476","title":"Blood and Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Tony, a closeted Columbia undergraduate, takes a summer job at a remote safari park in Appalachia, he hopes for a break from city life-and a chance to keep his distance. But in a place where grudges run deep and outsiders are treated with suspicion, his presence stirs more than curiosity. Then he meets Jake, a rugged, guarded local with a quiet intensity and little patience for naivety. As their unlikely friendship deepens, it begins to fray the edges of everything they've been taught to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fragile trust between them is soon tested by three brutal deaths and a cover-up that implicates the very institutions meant to protect. Faced with a racist sheriff, a fearful community, and their own inherited biases, Tony and Jake must decide whether silence is safer than truth-and what they're willing to risk for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith poetic restraint and sharp emotional insight, Blood and Soil explores the weight of history and the complicated legacies of race, class, and masculinity in America's shadowlands. It's a novel about the stories we inherit, the lies we tell to survive, and what happens when two very different men discover a shared sense of moral urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to taut, character-driven fiction with social resonance-this is a story that lingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17741670\"\u003eVinny Cusenza\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Pencil Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218618476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC011000\"\u003eLGBTQ+ | Gay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014050\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | World War II \u0026amp; Holocaust\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027190\"\u003eRomance | LGBTQ+ | Gay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pen \u0026 Pencil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462678622445,"sku":"9798218618476","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_7759d5d2-7ea8-4745-bab8-9ee0fbed57d2.jpg?v=1753706311","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/blood-and-soil-9798218618476","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}