{"product_id":"high-desert-payback-9798233779527","title":"High Desert Payback","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): C. Lowry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Chris Lowry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Chris Lowry\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers - Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dying man's promise. A cartel's missing millions. An ex-lawman with nothing left to lose.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercer Sample traded his US Marshal star for a quiet retirement and a battered Chevy Silverado. But the remote Arizona borderlands forgive zero mistakes and hold zero grudges. When Mercer stumbles upon a burning Department of Justice transport van in the middle of the desert, he inherits a dying deputy's final request-and a prisoner who just put a massive crosshair on both their backs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian Vance isn't a typical street-level smuggler. He's a bespoke-suited cartel accountant who just rerouted fifty million dollars of syndicate cryptocurrency into a digital black hole. Now, Raul \"The Bishop\" Bispo-a ruthless cartel enforcer with a heavily armed hit squad-is hunting them down to balance the ledger and extract the password from Vance's skull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutgunned, off the grid, and hunted across the unforgiving badlands, Mercer and his terrified, white-collar prisoner are forced to make a final stand in the abandoned copper-mining ghost town of San Felice. What begins as a desperate federal transport mission explodes into a relentless, bloody siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercer possesses two handguns, a shattered knee, and an unbreakable promise. The Bishop possesses an army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Desert Payback\u003c\/em\u003e is a blistering, action-packed \u003cstrong\u003emodern western noir thriller\u003c\/strong\u003e. Delivering hardboiled crime fiction, relentless suspense, and razor-sharp dialogue in the tradition of Elmore Leonard and John D. MacDonald, this gritty Arizona cartel thriller is a must-read for fans of \u003cem\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSicario\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775974490263,"sku":"9798233779527","price":1206.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233779527.webp?v=1777993533","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/high-desert-payback-9798233779527","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}