{"product_id":"body-man-a-thriller-9781966103028","title":"Body Man: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"Thought-Provoking\" Story From a Former White House Press Corps Member\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Berry says \u003ci\u003eBody Man\u003c\/i\u003e is \"crisply plotted, thought-provoking and troubling in its take on our new reality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this incredibly timely new political thriller, former White House and Pentagon press corps member and multi-award-winning author Al Pessin takes readers inside the corridors of power, on deployment with a Marine Corps unit, and into the secret world of militias willing to commit violence to \"defend America.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Land calls \u003ci\u003eBody Man\u003c\/i\u003e \"a taut, terrifying, terrific political thriller that cuts to the bone . . . an all-too-credible cautionary tale ripped from tomorrow's headlines.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBody Man\u003c\/i\u003e reads like the true story it could easily be, told by its two main characters. Spencer is the Body Man, close personal aide to a liberal senator who catapults to the presidency. Carl is a body man of a different sort, a Marine Corps sniper with a bad conduct discharge who gets drawn into the Alt-Right movement and recruited to assassinate the new president.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs America's real-life tensions explode, there are mass shootings, riots in the streets, and mutinies in the military--all things that could actually happen if we let them. And two young men have more power to determine the course of American history than they should ever have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBody Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"chilling cautionary tale,\" says \u003ci\u003eNY Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. \"Al Pessin has done it again. Don't miss this one from a terrific writer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blank Slate Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966103028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.44w x 1.19d","brand":"Al Pessin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435584942261,"sku":"9781966103028","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_71e33f4d-c747-4a67-99af-d64237387d17.jpg?v=1776227320","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/body-man-a-thriller-9781966103028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}