{"product_id":"hard-rain-david-mb-brown-9781967598335","title":"Hard Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story in Hard Rain is based on my own experiences and that of others. Stories heard and stories told. It is written in a fictional form based on a central character who in real life was a combination of several people I either served with or knew of. The period the book covers was probably the most violent time in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1972. It was a time when two communities changed from living peacefully side by side into two warring camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe terrorist organization of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) which had existed since the 1920's took full advantage of the civil unrest and turned it into a brutal war of terror, with little regard for who was killed by their bombs and bullets. They maintained a bloody control over the Catholic communities where they chose to hide. Beatings, kneecappings (shooting a person in the knee) or worse, using an electric drill. If that didn't keep people in line then a night time knock on the door and a bullet through the head would follow. This was the enemy the security forces faced and defeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe courage of the people of Northern Ireland, both Catholic and Protestant always amazed me and I admired them greatly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Mb Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1967598339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781967598335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hybrid Global Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"David Mb Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997815255295,"sku":"9781967598335","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-rain-david-mb-brown-9781967598335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}