{"product_id":"first-mover-advantage-j-r-whitsell-9798729783663","title":"First Mover Advantage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Corrupt City Council, Conspicuous Corporate Crimes, and Cagey Characters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1982, and business is booming in the Dallas\/Fort Worth area. Sonny McBride and Jim Tarpley are engaged in a bitter, often violent battle for the North Texas spoils. The titans of industry play a continuous, zero-sum game of deliberate attacks and defenses to gain a dominant market position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCastillo, Texas, a fast-growing, wealthy community, is the latest target for Sonny and Jim. Their fight to corner the multi-million dollar businesses in Castillo will result in two kidnappings, multiple assaults, and one suspicious death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntertwined with the McBride-Tarpley business feud is a nefarious conspiracy of political corruption, discrimination, and bribery. When the sinister plan, designed by a group known as The Pioneers, is discovered, residents realize Castillo isn't the utopia they believed it to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a city's government can't be trusted, is vigilante justice warranted? Are ethics and morality black and white, or is there a grey? Who decides right from wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. R. Whitsell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798729783663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"J. R. Whitsell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474431721727,"sku":"9798729783663","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7280b41-05aa-4d89-bf12-2ddaaf015eb9.jpg?v=1762316686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-mover-advantage-j-r-whitsell-9798729783663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}