{"product_id":"tough-going-c-lowry-9798235704558","title":"Tough Going","description":"\u003cp\u003eFans of gritty modern western thrillers will tear through this brutal, high-stakes fight for survival in the unforgiving high desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTOUGH GOING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Mercer Sample Thriller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey burned his solar farm.\u003cbr\u003eThey shattered his arm.\u003cbr\u003eThen they kidnapped his nine-year-old daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarrett Hayes built a hard life on thirty isolated acres in the high desert. Off-grid. Independent. Untouchable. But when a ruthless corporate security outfit called Apex Solutions decides his land sits on top of the most valuable water rights in the basin, Garrett becomes a problem that needs to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe local sheriff is bought and paid for.\u003cbr\u003eThe law looks the other way.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the clock is running out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate and out of options, Garrett turns to Mercer Sample - a ghost-like drifter living out of an old Airstream trailer at a forgotten desert airfield. Mercer is a man with a dangerous past, a tactical mind, and zero patience for corporate mercenaries hiding behind lawyers and political corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat starts as a rescue mission quickly becomes an all-out war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep inside an abandoned copper mine fortified by heavily armed contractors, a little girl is being held hostage while powerful men gamble millions over stolen land and water rights. Mercer plans to hit the compound from the one direction nobody expects: straight down a three-hundred-foot cliff in the dead of night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutnumbered.\u003cbr\u003eOutgunned.\u003cbr\u003eAnd running out of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mercer Sample didn't come to negotiate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with relentless action, savage close-quarters combat, razor-sharp dialogue, and cinematic tension, \u003cstrong\u003eTOUGH GOING\u003c\/strong\u003e delivers a modern western thriller loaded with corrupt lawmen, corporate greed, tactical warfare, and frontier justice in the spirit of classic hardboiled action heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern western thrillers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVigilante justice stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTactical action and survival fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert noir suspense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAntihero loners with deadly skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-stakes hostage rescue missions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFast-paced rural crime thrillers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Lowry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235704558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Lowry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"C. Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665659105535,"sku":"9798235704558","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5aeb7acc-b0a7-4b0e-b28e-30b3fae4159d.jpg?v=1792013202","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tough-going-c-lowry-9798235704558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}