{"product_id":"the-dark-circle-9781639100743","title":"The Dark Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Robert J. Mrazek, ex-army officer Jake Cantrell embarks on a harrowing journey, unraveling the conspiracy behind an opioid epidemic and strange disappearances in upstate New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJake Cantrell tried to put his past behind him and settle down after suffering an unjust disgrace as an army officer. He works as a campus security officer at a small college in upstate New York. But things aren't so placid in his leafy new environs. A mass opioid crisis threatens to devastate the campus. When two football players on the new drug attack Jake with bats, Jake is fired for the excessive force he has to use to subdue them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNewly unemployed, Jake is retained by Lauren Kennsiton, the editor of the \u003ci\u003eGroton Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eto find missing college student Deborah Chapman, a gifted young jazz vocalist who has performed at Carnegie Hall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with Bug, the eighteen-year-old wolf hound he saved in Afghanistan, Jake sets out on the search. Battling street gangs, nefarious secrets, and an enigmatic group called the Knights, Jake is set for a brutal showdown that could mean Deborah's rescue--or Jake's demise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of Robert J. Mrazek's award-winning thrillers are in for a non-stop ride into the abyss with the second installment in his critically acclaimed series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639100743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Robert J. Mrazek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42200658411701,"sku":"9781639100743","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3bb07959-2871-46ab-859a-b28200e00dd2.jpg?v=1655218492","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dark-circle-9781639100743","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}