{"product_id":"rise-the-liminal-chronicles-9781736672013","title":"Rise: The Liminal Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA myth come to life may be worth far more than his freedom.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ex-mobster must choose between breaking a promise to his parole officer, which will send him back to the slammer, or angering a powerful supernatural being. He's caught in an impossible situation. How will he ever forge a path to redemption?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUmeji Tatsuya moves from Tokyo to a small town after leaving the yakuza, the Japanese mob. He knows all too well that his past can't stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Once Yakuza, always Yakuza. The tattoos mark you for life.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNakamura Hisako, the town's beloved dowager, learns about Umeji's past and tries to oust him, but Umeji just discovered her own long-held secret. If he keeps it for her, the cost is his recently regained freedom. If he doesn't, Nakamura might have to leave her home, and he risks angering forces he barely understands... and barely believes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the mundane and Spirit Realm intertwine, so do the modern-day and the Pre-Meiji eras. Centuries-old rivalries flare up again, and the past returns in the present. Umeji's second chance is only the first step of his journey to discover myth, social redemption, and found family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRise is the first book in the Liminal Chronicles series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shy Red Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736672013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d","brand":"Amy Winters-Voss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39894152741045,"sku":"9781736672013","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_09346024-0bce-4921-8430-7125915e0ee7.jpg?v=1619542075","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rise-the-liminal-chronicles-9781736672013","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}