{"product_id":"9781477816202","title":"The Blood Guard by Carter Roy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove's seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact, she's a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect the Pure thirty-six noble souls whose safety is crucial if the world as we know it is to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow all those after-school activities gymnastics, judo, survival training she made him take, make sense. For suddenly Ronan is swept up in a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always thrilling adventure dashing from one danger to the next, using his wits to escape the Bend Sinister, a posse of evil doers with strange powers. Falling in with two unlikely companions, Greta, a scrappy, strong-willed girl he's never much liked and Jack, a devil-may-care teenage pickpocket, Ronan is left with only his wits and his mom's last words of advice: Trust no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's a lot for an ordinary kid to deal with. But then again, maybe Ronan's not ordinary at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301508690293,"sku":"9781477816202","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781477816202.jpg?v=1762791221","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781477816202","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}