{"product_id":"the-boy-and-the-brothel-madam-paperback-1","title":"The Boy and the Brothel Madam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoel C. Cilker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1849, sixteen-year-old Cyrus Kirkpatrick is alone and stuck 3,000 miles from home, stranded in the dusty, violent, and chaotic boomtown of San Francisco. All Cyrus wants is to find his way home to New York and reunite with his best friend, the only person in his life who truly understands him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut after an unintended visit to a risqué peep show, he runs afoul of Ah Toy, the notorious Chinese brothel madam and one of the most powerful women in San Francisco. Suspecting him to be someone else who cheated her, the madam violently indentures him to work off a debt that isn't his. To survive, Cyrus evolves into his captor's emissary to the White power structure of the town, becoming enmeshed in San Francisco's treacherous underworld where his morals bend and shift. But if he wants a chance at ever returning home, Cyrus must not only evade marauding vigilantes, destructive fires, and a vengeful crime boss, he must find his way back to his own sense of right and wrong, or else be doomed to pay for the increasingly corrupt life he leads and lose his home forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boy and the Brothel Madam\u003c\/i\u003e is Noel C. Cilker's debut novel, filled with intrigue, the power of unlikely connections, and the price people pay for the lure of easy wealth. It is an unflinching descent into the turbulent Gold Rush town of San Francisco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An imaginative, multi-layered coming-of-age story that unfolds in the vibrant, chaotic world of Gold Rush-era San Francisco, all set against a backdrop of astonishing natural beauty.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, co-author of \u003ci\u003eCompeting Visions: A History of California\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island: \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003elot\u003c\/i\u003e of dramatic developments and a fun journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Paul Giurlanda, Professor Emeritus, Saint Mary's College of California\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268895424761,"sku":"9798993512129","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/fdEKZqauAm9798993512129_bb147045-7acd-4a51-bec5-595a0d320cbd.webp?v=1768886153","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-boy-and-the-brothel-madam-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}