{"product_id":"friendly-fire-a-thriller-paperback","title":"Friendly Fire: A Thriller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDustin Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnife fights are never what they look like in the movies. They aren't a match between two men both lowered into crouches, each jabbing tentatively at the other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn an actual confrontation, people get cut. There was no way to avoid it. A war of attrition predicated on trading shots. Calculated real-time risk assessment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA maxim I learned many times over the years, bearing more than a few scars to prove as much. One I was all too happy to embrace again now. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past year, Hawk Tate lived in a perpetual state of dread over when the phone might ring. A call stemming from his actions just north of the border many months before, resulting in a marker owed to a certain government agency. An organization that will not be refused, and always comes to collect their debts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA message from an unknown sender arrives on his work answering machine one Sunday morning. An individual with shared history needing help of a vastly different nature, and Hawk can't say no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot to Lake Pawlak, someone he first met when he was tasked with protecting her from an international cartel three years prior. Certainly not to Savanah Vinson, Lake's friend and neighbor, and the reason Lake comes to seek Hawk's help. Savanah, while fighting to provide for her and her young sister after the death of their parents, went missing two nights prior with nothing but a fraudulent text message to explain her sudden disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite a litany of concerns, Hawk agrees to return to Los Angeles with his friend, embarking on a hunt that plunges him into a world he barely knew existed. Full immersion into social media influencing and launch parties. Southern California nightlife, online message boards, and international politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA growing web far surpassing anything he understands, forcing him to rely on contacts and acquaintances new and old-including the very people he fought to avoid for so long...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 450\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732411977791,"sku":"9798779471503","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5ad1d0447a0059de2ff6c4f445a45752.webp?v=1765132379","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/friendly-fire-a-thriller-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}