{"product_id":"training-ground-paperback","title":"Training Ground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePj Braley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaroline promised Grant she would protect the four boys with her life. Keeping that promise may require turning them into soldiers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter fleeing the underground Lyostian colony, Caroline attempts to build an ordinary life in plain sight with four human-alien hybrid children. But the danger followed them. Humans want to examine and institutionalize the boys, while the Lyostian brotherhood intends to recover and \"rehabilitate\" them in an underground observational habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the children is Austin-Grant's son and the only Fire Slayer still alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through letters, journal entries, and newspaper clippings, \u003cem\u003eTraining Ground\u003c\/em\u003e follows Caroline across twenty-five years as she hides the truth of what her children are while preparing them for the future they were born to face. Guided only by Grant's memories and letters, she must raise four boys into Lyostian soldiers capable of surviving enemies from both worlds-and perhaps changing who holds power over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTraining Ground\u003c\/em\u003e is Book Four in P.J. Braley's \u003cstrong\u003eFire Slayers\u003c\/strong\u003e series, a science-fiction saga of alien brotherhood, family, sacrifice, love, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49988926734491,"sku":"9781972197356","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/Ipz7XDgq79781972197356.webp?v=1793336209","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/training-ground-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}