{"product_id":"last-king-of-california","title":"Last King of California","description":"\u003cb\u003eJordan Harper's \"darkly irresistible\" novel, a tragic, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e-esque noir for readers of S.A. Cosby and Don Winslow, now available for the first time in the United States. (Megan Abbott)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This stirring and brutal bildungsroman tells the story of young Luke Crosswhite, who after years apart from his criminal family returns to their flock deep in the California desert. Luke's father is serving time for a brutal murder that Luke himself witnessed; now, his uncle vies for power and rival biker gangs encroach on the family's various criminal enterprises. A sensitive boy grown hard man, Luke navigates the vicious pressures of \"home,\" and the loyalties to his old friend, Cassie, who has hatched a scheme with her boyfriend Pretty Baby to escape the control of the gang, the Combine. Hanging over these desperate, lonesome parties is the gang's motto, tattooed indelibly across the heart: \u003ci\u003eBlood is Love.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last King of California\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of the West unlike any you will read. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"When I say \u003ci\u003eThe Last King of California\u003c\/i\u003e subverts the stereotypical American Outlaw Mythos, it's the highest praise I can give it. No one is thinking deeper about what crime fiction is than Jordan Harper.\"-- \u003cb\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Burns bright and fast\"-- \u003cb\u003ePeter Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Darkly irresistible\" -- \u003cb\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Urgent and beautiful\" --\u003cb\u003e Lauren Beukes\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Jordan Harper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46331978481900,"sku":"9780316581400","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780316581400.jpg?v=1743542198","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/last-king-of-california","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}