{"product_id":"the-singer-9798860050938","title":"The Singer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. W. Grieve\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - LGBTQ+ - Gay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshok's Song\u003c\/i\u003e is first and foremost a love story. For Ash, 23, a newly licensed structural engineer and the narrator of the story, it's love at first sight on a hot afternoon in Treer's Saloon. For Cade, a musician with two decades of experience and a lot of secrets, it might take a little longer. Even when Cade confesses his love, there are things he keeps to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they leave the desert planet Gobi for an idyllic life by the Western Sea on Hendeon, where Cade sings at a picturesque inn, and Ash learns to garden. They never anticipate being swept up in an interplanetary crisis that pits the Coalition of the Far Worlds against the Sackers, a lawless band of criminals. A Sacker raid on the inn brings violence and tragedy, complicated by the blunders of a corrupt planetary government. Sentiment on Hendeon turns against humans. Worse, the attack inadvertently reveals a long-concealed secret that Cade has never shared with anyone. Ash can't accept the shocking information. Cade can't change the past.\u003c\/p\u003eWith their lives in danger, they must leave Hendeon, together or separately. Compromise seems impossible.\u003cbr\u003eBut it is, first and foremost, a love story.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45555783893143,"sku":"9798860050938","price":1532.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798860050938.webp?v=1768590291","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-singer-9798860050938","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}