{"product_id":"2026100007812-secondhand-the-shepherd","title":"The Shepherd","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a frozen Christmas Eve in 1957, a young RAF pilot takes off from a West German airbase for a routine solo flight home to England — and then everything goes wrong. His instruments fail, his radio dies, and he is left utterly alone above the North Sea in a crippled de Havilland Vampire jet, with no means of navigation and no hope of survival. Then, out of the darkness, a ghostly de Havilland Mosquito materialises alongside him, piloted by a silent stranger who leads him unerringly through the fog toward safety.\n\nFrederick Forsyth, the master of the precision thriller, delivers a masterwork of atmosphere and tension in this short but unforgettable novella. Written with the meticulous technical authority that defines his best work, The Shepherd transcends the aviation genre to become a haunting meditation on fate, mystery, and the miraculous. It is a story that lingers long after the final page — who was the silent pilot, and what brought him back through the veil between worlds?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130619109595,"sku":"2026100007812-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8636cdc7-7ee5-40d3-8243-af1f3efd4a71.png?v=1786587593","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007812-secondhand-the-shepherd","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}