{"product_id":"the-cruelty-1","title":"The Cruelty","description":"The Cruelty is an action-packed young adult thriller (optioned for film by Jerry Bruckheimer) about a girl who must train as an assassin to deal with the gangsters who have kidnapped her father.\n\nGwendolyn's father kept his life a secret from her. When he goes missing, she's plunged into a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds.\n\nWhen Gwendolyn Bloom’s father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity, she uncovers a disturbing truth: to bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive.\n\nThis suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action.\n\nPraise for The Cruelty:\n\n\"Liam Neeson’s 2008 film Taken concerned a spy who engages in mass mayhem while attempting to recover his kidnapped daughter. Bergstrom reverses this plot in his violent, well-crafted first novel. Seventeen-year-old gymnast Gwendolyn Bloom doesn’t learn that her father is a genuine spy?and not merely an overworked State Department employee?until after he is kidnapped by international gangsters, and the CIA makes little attempt to recover him . . . A grim, fast- paced tale.\" ―Publishers Weekly\n\n\"[T]his debut novel is relentlessly paced, full of global sets, slick action...with a grim, ass-kicking antihero.\" ―Booklist\n\nThe Cruelty is a nominee for the 2018 Edgar Award for best Young Adult book.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250108187\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1250108187.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bergstrom, Scott\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334168494257,"sku":"RDV.1250108187.G","price":7.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1250108187-0_15b65905-c606-459e-85e6-94c9c04b53d3.jpg?v=1779819693","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-cruelty-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}