{"product_id":"the-ash-beneath-the-snow-the-pine-county-chronicles","title":"The Ash Beneath the Snow (The Pine County Chronicles)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA DEADLY NOR'EASTER STRIKES THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDUQUETTE, 1905. More than a decade after the Great Hinckley Fire, Anna Andersson has built a quiet life rooting in teaching, routine, and the fragile peace she fought to earn. Each winter Karl Sundvquist, carrying scars both seen and unseen, works in northern Minnesota lumber camps. A clerical error reunites them for the first time since the fire, playing them in a remote Pine County camp. Conflicts test their trust, resilience, and a bond that never fully faded. As winter settles in, that bond becomes a magnetic pull neither is ready to name. Then a winter storm hammers Lake Superior and sweeps across the state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThree days of wind, ice, and waves - later named the Mataafa Storm - destroy twenty-nine ships, batter harbors, and kill dozens of sailors on Lake Superior. In Pine County, whiteout conditions trigger a desperate fight for survival as Anna and Karl confront truths long avoided. Meanwhile, Karl's adopted brother fights for his life aboard the \u003cem\u003eMataafa\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTogether Karl and Anna learn that survival is only the beginning. Healing requires a different kind of courage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSet against the nor'easter that devastated the Great Lakes shipping industry and sparked the creation of the north shore's Split Rock Lighthouse, \u003cem\u003eThe Ash Beneath the Snow\u003c\/em\u003e continues Anna and Karl's story from \u003cem\u003eThe Day the World Burned\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67848859287730,"sku":"979899143237","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/7274\/0786\/files\/419s0iwHAVL.jpg?v=1793376390","url":"https:\/\/thebookstoreinpinecity.com\/products\/the-ash-beneath-the-snow-the-pine-county-chronicles","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}