{"product_id":"santa-olivia-9780446198172","title":"Santa Olivia","description":"\u003cb\u003eLushly written with rich and vivid characters, \u003ci\u003eSanta Olivia\u003c\/i\u003e is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. A fugitive \"Wolf-Man\" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by the US government as a weapon. The \"Wolf-Men\" were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear, and Loup, named for and sharing her father's wolf-like qualities, is marked as an outsider. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After her mother dies, Loup goes to live among the misfit orphans at the parish church, where they seethe from the injustices visited upon the locals by the soldiers. Eventually, the orphans find an outlet for their frustrations: They form a vigilante group to support Loup Garron who, costumed as their patron saint, Santa Olivia, uses her special abilities to avenge the town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aware that she could lose her freedom, and possibly her life, Loup is determined to fight to redress the wrongs her community has suffered. And like the reincarnation of their patron saint, she will bring hope to all of Santa Olivia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446198172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.24w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2009 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2009 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 78 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jacqueline Carey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637253501084,"sku":"9780446198172","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_22bb198a-c25e-4c99-b2c9-7575d2d8a97d.jpg?v=1603844329","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/santa-olivia-9780446198172","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}