{"product_id":"black-light-9780440223139","title":"Black Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eOnly one thing stands between a son and his father's killer: forty years of lies. . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a remote Arizona ranch, a man who has known loss, fear, and war weeps for the first time since he was a child. His tears are for the father taken from him four decades before in a deadly shoot-out. And his grief will lead him back to the place where he was born, where his father died, and where a brutal conspiracy is about to explode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Bob Lee Swagger, the world changed on that hot day in Blue Eye, Arkansas, when two local boys rode armed and wild in a '55 Fairlane convertible. Swagger's father, Earl, a state trooper, was investigating the brutal murder of a young woman that day. By midnight Earl Swagger lay dead in a deserted cornfield. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Bob Lee wants answers. He wants to know the truth behind the shoot -out that took his father's life, a mystery buried in forty years of lies. Because for Bob Lee Swagger, the killing didn't end that day in Blue Eye, Arkansas. The killing had just begun . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together characters from his national bestsellers \u003ci\u003ePoint of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDirty White Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Hunter's gripping thriller builds to an exhilarating climax--and an explosion of gunfire that blasts open the secrets of two generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Put on your seat belt--\u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild ride you won't forget.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nobody writes action better than Stephen Hunter and \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e is one of his best. . .  The] action scenes play like a movie, the plot is intriguing and the writing is top-notch.\"\u003cb\u003e--Phillip Margolin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Only a handful of writers today can match Hunter for imagination and the ability to make a reader's adrenaline rush.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with detail, clever plotting, suspense, and a hunt to the death that leaves the reader dry-mouthed with tension. Hunter knows his guns, and he writes about them with a precision that holds the attention of even a fervent anti-gun supporter.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most skilled hands in the thriller business. The plot is fast-paced, well-constructed and builds to a pulse-pounding night ambush. . . . It should seal his reputation as an author who not only can write bestselling thrillers, but write them exceedingly well.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 20 novels and the retired chief film critic for \u003ci\u003ethe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Third Bullet;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSniper's Honor;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Sniper;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Ripper;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoint of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted for film and TV as \u003ci\u003eShooter. \u003c\/i\u003eHunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Island Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543697101074,"sku":"9780440223139","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d5162b4-4209-4bdc-be93-8cfef3adfea3.jpg?v=1731513143","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-light-9780440223139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}