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Pre-orders are now available for Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks new book The Secret Chord, about the life of King David, due out in October. 1000 BC. The Second Iron Age. Anointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, his journey is a tumultuous one and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations. In a life that arcs from obscurity to fame, he is by turns hero and traitor, glamorous young tyrant and beloved king, murderous despot and remorseful, diminished patriarch. His wives love and fear him, his sons will betray him. For her research Brooks traveled to Israel with her youngest son Bizu. Although the landscape of the country had changed over the centuries, Ms. Brooks was able to look out over the actual sites of former battlefields. “There are certain similarities to all battlefields,” she said. “The way they smell, what bodies look like. Unfortunately, I have 10 years of experience with that.”