{"product_id":"9781466805026","title":"The Return: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Air and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of one man's fearless quest for revenge among some of the world's most dangerous criminals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauded as his #1 favorite book of the year, Stephen King advised President Obama, in the pages of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, to pick up Michael Gruber's previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e. With an unforgettable hero, \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e is as exciting and provocative as Gruber's best work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe real Richard Marder would shock his acquaintances, if they ever met him. Even his wife, long dead, didn't know the real man behind the calm, cultured mask he presents to the world. Only an old army buddy from Vietnam, Patrick Skelly, knows what Marder is capable of. Then a shattering piece of news awakens Marder's buried desire for vengeance, and with nothing left to lose, he sets off to punish the people whose actions, years earlier, changed his life. Uninvited, Skelly shows up and together the two of them raise the stakes far beyond anything Marder could have envisioned.\u003cbr\u003eAs Marder and Skelly head toward an apocalypse of their own making, Marder learns that good motives and sense of justice can't always protect the people a man loves. A range of fearsomely real characters, from a brutally violent crime lord to a daringly courageous young woman, a roller-coaster of twists and turns, and a shattering exploration of what constitutes morality in the face of evil, Michael Gruber has once more proven that he is \"a gifted and natural storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) and shows why he has been called \"the Stephen King of crime writing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135513739504,"sku":"9781466805026","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466805026_p0.jpg?v=1769890913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466805026","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}