{"product_id":"the-kingdom-seeker-9781915310347","title":"The Kingdom Seeker","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1800, Arthur Hallom, 18, a restless dreamer, leaves London on a voyage of discovery that will take him beyond the edge of the world; he spends the next twenty years roaming Asia, where he experiences luck and loss, triumph and tragedy, as he loves and betrays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Calcutta, he becomes an opium trader, and abandons a prostitute who refuses to become part of his past. In the jungles of Malaya, he encounters headhunters, and talking birds, snakes as long as pathways, and a criminal crocodile. Though he settles down with a mistress, and fathers on her a son, he preys on local women, until a sorceress tames him with her magic. In the Alleens, a lonely group of coral islands, he engages in a bitter power struggle with a rival who not only spreads dangerous lies about him, but who also tells hard truths he''d prefer the world didn''t hear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Arthur is twice made a king, and twice loses his crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 September 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Monsoon Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781915310347\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rosie Milne","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50207215386874,"sku":"9781915310347","price":14.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-kingdom-seeker-9781915310347","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}