{"product_id":"the-last-stratiote-hardcover","title":"The Last Stratiote - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeann Neal Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe carries a novel virus in her blood. One that rages against a peculiar parasite curled in her heart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoul-mouthed and bloodthirsty, Elira Dukagjini should have died 500 hundred years ago. Instead she left her Albanian homeland at the start of the 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century to fight as a \u003cem\u003estratiote\u003c\/em\u003e, a mercenary. She wears a gruesome keepsake in a leather pouch around her neck and a telltale scar on her breast. Driven to enforce the primal Blood Law written in human DNA, Elira spends her days running a café and bookstore in a modern Boston suburb while hunting human prey at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil one fateful night when the prey Elira hunts have their own prey: Mirjeta Gjakova, the niece and honor sacrifice of fundamentalist imam Xhemajl Krasniqi, Elira's uncanny and more civilized twin living the life that Elira never had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war that Elira left behind in the Balkans never really ended. And now, in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Century, she once again must choose between slaking her endless bloodthirst and finally quenching it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719542313023,"sku":"9781735131856","price":36.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/475ac926c408dbb29f5f921449688d01.webp?v=1765086004","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-last-stratiote-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}