{"product_id":"the-drifter-9780735215207","title":"The Drifter","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first explosive thriller featuring Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren't easily left behind... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petrie's Peter Ash is the real deal.\"--Lee Child\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls his \"white static,\" the buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming in nature, sleeping under the stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a friend from the Marines commits suicide, Ash returns to civilization to help the man's widow with some home repairs. Under her dilapidated porch, he finds more than he bargained for: the largest, ugliest, meanest dog he's ever encountered...and a Samsonite suitcase stuffed with cash and explosives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Ash begins to investigate this unexpected discovery, he finds himself at the center of a plot that is far larger than he could have imagined...and it may lead straight back to the world he thought he'd left for good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Petrie\u003c\/b\u003e received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington, won a Hopwood Award for short fiction while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and his story \"At the Laundromat\" won the 2006 Short Story Contest in the \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a national literary journal. A husband and father, he runs a home-inspection business in Milwaukee. His novels in the Peter Ash series include \u003ci\u003eThe Drifter, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the ITW Thriller Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLight It Up\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614068904210,"sku":"9780735215207","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8ab15cb-6cc0-4f1a-a3eb-64dbfad865f1.jpg?v=1732425961","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-drifter-9780735215207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}