{"product_id":"the-striker-9780425264683","title":"The Striker","description":"\u003cb\u003eTurn-of-the-century detective Isaac Bell goes undercover as a coal miner for his first solo mission in this novel in Clive Cussler's #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling series. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is 1902, and a bright, inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell, only two years out of his apprenticeship at the Van Dorn Detective Agency, has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines, he is witness to a terrible accident that makes him think something else is going on...that provocateurs are at work and bigger stakes are in play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Little does he know just how big they are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Given exactly one week to prove his case, Bell quickly finds himself pitted against two of the most ruthless opponents he has ever known--men of staggering ambition and cold-bloodedness who are not about to let some wet-behind-the-ears detective stand in their way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClive Cussler \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than fifty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files, Oregon Files, Isaac Bell, and Fargo. His life nearly parallels that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers have discovered more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine \u003ci\u003eHunley\u003c\/i\u003e, which was raised in 2000 with much press publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collects classic automobiles. His collection features more than eighty examples of custom coachwork. Cussler lives in Arizona and Colorado. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirty-one novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Shipkiller\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNormandie Triangle\u003c\/i\u003e; the Ben Abbott detective series; six thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison; and his coauthorship with Cussler of \u003ci\u003eThe Wrecker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Race\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Striker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bootlegger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gangster, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Cutthroat\u003c\/i\u003e. Scott lives in Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649799196946,"sku":"9780425264683","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07385bd4-67ef-4fc6-8a34-f7f9464ff13e.jpg?v=1733274272","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-striker-9780425264683","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}