{"product_id":"who-and-why-9798256064440","title":"Who? and Why?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jack Bergon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Jack Bergon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Jack Bergon\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers - Espionage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up on the rough streets of Brooklyn, Jack is no stranger to trouble. From violent street gang brawls armed with buckles, knives, and bats, he is a fighter who knows how to survive. But after orchestrating an unlikely peace pact with a rival gang leader named Marcus over a high-stakes game of stickball, Jack realizes he wants a different kind of life. Yet, the streets have a way of clinging to you. After a dramatic turn of events that includes saving Marcus from an internal gang betrayal and getting caught in a scandalous high school encounter with a \"knockout girl\", Jack faces an ultimatum from his school dean: quit school and join the Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoosing his own terms, Jack joins the military during the Korean War. His raw toughness serves him well in basic training, but his sharp instincts catch the eye of high-ranking officials. Instead of being deployed to the front lines of Korea, Jack is handpicked by a general behind closed curtains for a highly sensitive undercover assignment. Sent deep into Europe, his mission is clear yet perilous: infiltrate and expose the foreign networks illicitly supplying military hardware to North Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, the battlefield shifts from international espionage to a heartbreaking, deeply personal crisis back home. Jack faces a systemic failure when his beloved wife, Gayle, is admitted to a hospital with Huntington's disease. Blocked by arrogant administrators and unqualified doctors who refuse to let her long-term physician treat her, Jack watches helplessly as his wife tragically passes away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the hospital executives and doctors responsible for Gayle's neglect suddenly begin turning up dead-one shot in a drive-by, another stabbed in the chest, and a third with a bullet to the head-the police zero in on Jack. Armed with a rock-solid bar alibi for the first murder but no defense for the others, Jack finds himself at the center of a tense investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlended with elements of a gritty coming-of-age story, a military spy thriller, and a dark vigilante mystery, \u003cem\u003eWho? And Why?\u003c\/em\u003e leaves the reader to unravel the ultimate question: who is bringing down street justice on a corrupt system, and why?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Bergon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889826447511,"sku":"9798256064440","price":891.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798256064440.webp?v=1781177895","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/who-and-why-9798256064440","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}