{"product_id":"iron-star-1","title":"Iron Star","description":"Can a fractured family be put back together?Haitian asylum seeker Wester sets on off on a journey to find a sister he’s never met.A deathbed request from his mother propels Wester out of his hard-scrabble surroundings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to the crime-ridden streets of Tijuana, the last place his sister Roseline was seen.Tijuana is hardly welcoming. Wester lands in the midst of an influx of 3,000 asylum seekers from Haiti, blocked from entering the U.S. Their presence creates turmoil and suspicion among many of the Mexicans. For every ally Wester makes in his search, there’s an enemy who wants to take him down.In IRON STAR, we follow Wester as one clue after another leads him toward Roseline.Their mother was a convicted criminal—a monster—a child murderer.A reunion with his sister as Wester’s sole chance to create the family he’s never had. He’ll reunite with Roseline and together they’ll make their way across the border to the United States, where they can build a new life.In the midst of his search, Wester finds himself in over his head, accused of inhuman crimes.He learns his sister has secrets of her own.Wester’s desire for a family will be met—but not in a way he could ever have imagined. Earlier praise for the writing of Mark Rogers:\"Mark Rogers knows that the stylish, polished picture frame in which we live is riddled with holes, in which worms live.\"James Sallis, author of Drive“Mark is a hardcore gritty writer. He king-hits your senses. No bullshit. He might give up a few jazz sentences, but that's about all, and that's when he's feeling expansive, which is very rare.”Vanya Vetto, author of Garuda Travels “Mark Rogers is in Mexico, and has been on a Balzacian spree these last few years, pumping out first-rate novels at the rate, it seems, of approximately two a year. I'm hooked on them.”John Foy Lord author of Fun City Solitaire\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B08VCKZ6K8\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 56JPTD00168H_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rogers, Mark\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages can have notes highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. May have varying covers. Fast Shipping - Mailed in plastic mailer!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265869365425,"sku":"56JPTD00168H_ns","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/B08VCKZ6K8-0.jpg?v=1778349771","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/iron-star-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}