{"product_id":"2940015975369","title":"Harlan McFadden, a daughter's murder, a father's revenge","description":"The brown-skinned man bent his ear to the wind.  The childish laughter of a little girl, and  the distinct  barking of a puppy raced toward him. With the back of a leathery-skinned hand, the waste of human life wiped at the dark spittle of the invigorating betel nuts and coca leaves staining his chin.  And he felt 'that' sick urge growing.\u003cbr\u003e   Frantically searching for his 7 year old daughter, Harlan McFadden followed the foot prints of his child and those of the little puppy. His panic increased the deeper into the mesquite he ventured  searching for his sweet Sue Ellen. Armed with a Marlin  Thirty-thirty bush rifle he pushed ahead, his heart pounding with fear for the safety of his daughter.  A 'bird's eye view' would  speak of the immense expanse of the desert-land of west Texas known as the Permian Basin and tell of the worn foot-paths of illegal Mexicans bringing  death to America in heavily laden backpacks. This was a bad place to be, even  for a man carrying a rifle, and even more-so for  a child chasing a puppy. \u003cbr\u003e   Harlan paused  to get his bearings. A cry, muffled, barely audible, came from beyond a slight rise. A shrill, short yelp of a puppy in great pain hurried him toward the rise of sand. He pushed aside the clump of  straw grass atop the mound. He saw something no father should ever see--his child beneath  the filthy Mexican.\u003cbr\u003e   Her eyes cried out for her father, his for her--each and all locked in a futile embrace. She watched as her father raised the Marlin. Her sky blue eyes faded to pale as the illegal Mexican grinned at the father and snapped the already dead child's neck.\u003cbr\u003e   Harlan pulled the trigger. The shot  wild and wasted, as the Mexican, pulling at his trousers, fled into the mesquite.\u003cbr\u003e   Once upon a time, Harlan was a husband. He was a father. He was a Texas lawman.\u003cbr\u003eBut now, he was none of those things. Now he was a hunter, a killer, one looking for revenge. And with no one to help him, he becomes a law unto himself.","brand":"Wild Pony Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081058009328,"sku":"2940015975369","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015975369_p0.jpg?v=1763627124","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015975369","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}