{"product_id":"the-gauntlet-michael-butler-9781966037644","title":"The Gauntlet: The Novelization","description":"\u003cp\u003eBurned-out Phoenix cop Ben Shockley gets what looks like a throwaway assignment: pick up a witness in Las Vegas and bring her back for a mob trial. The witness turns out to be Augustina \"Gus\" Mally, a sharp-tongued call girl who insists she knows too much to arrive alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first Ben thinks it's just paranoia. Then the bullets start flying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they cross the desert toward Phoenix, the trip becomes a rolling ambush, with bikers, hitmen, and even fellow cops trying to turn their escort into a funeral procession. Realizing they've been set up as disposable pawns, Ben and Gus barrel toward the city in a last-ditch run through a gauntlet of gunfire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Butler,Dennis Shryack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966037643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966037644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Encyclopocalypse Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Michael Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520271200511,"sku":"9781966037644","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_842afa8e-5bb5-4b64-820e-e923290caa78.jpg?v=1778741757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gauntlet-michael-butler-9781966037644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}