{"product_id":"the-boar-in-the-pines-jay-a-diem-9798994760802","title":"The Boar in the Pines","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE BOAR IN THE PINES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Forged in Silence Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin U. Day is a former Air Force special operations airman who learned long ago that silence is sometimes the only thing that keeps you alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow living a quiet life in rural Maine, Bud works as a senior federal analyst overseeing agricultural aid and refugee farming programs-work meant to rebuild lives, restore dignity, and bring order where there was once chaos. It should be routine. It isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen small inconsistencies surface-misused grants, missing paperwork, families who don't quite exist-Bud begins to suspect that a well-intentioned aid system is being quietly exploited. What starts as an audit becomes an investigation. What becomes an investigation turns into a hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Bud follows the money from remote farms to Washington, D.C., he discovers a sophisticated fraud network protected by bureaucracy, political pressure, and layers of federal oversight designed to look the other way. The deeper he digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes-not just for him, but for the very communities the programs were meant to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by his past and drawn back to the wilderness where he finds clarity, Bud is forced to confront an old truth: predators don't always live in the forest. Sometimes they wear suits. Sometimes they write policy. And sometimes they're watching him too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boar in the Pines\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping, cerebral thriller about accountability, moral restraint, and the thin line between oversight and survival. Blending quiet tension with sharp intelligence, it explores modern fraud, federal power, and the cost of standing up when silence would be safer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about exploiting communities-it is about defending them. And it is the opening chapter in a trilogy where truth, once uncovered, refuses to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay A. Diem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994760802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sloarix Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Jay A. Diem","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001112568063,"sku":"9798994760802","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boar-in-the-pines-jay-a-diem-9798994760802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}