{"product_id":"southern-man-1","title":"Southern Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Greg Iles is one of America's great storytellers.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eStephen King, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A first-rate political thriller.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final thrilling, page-turner in the Penn Cage series from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and \u003ci\u003eCemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e, a Southern thriller about a man--and a town--rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen years after the events of the \u003ci\u003eNatchez Burning\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone, and he carries a mortal secret that separates him from the world. But Penn's exile comes to an end when a brawl at a Mississippi rap festival triggers a bloody mass shooting--an act of domestic terrorism that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the stunned cities of Natchez and Bienville reel, antebellum plantation homes continue to burn and the deadly attacks are claimed by a Black radical group as historic acts of justice. Panic sweeps through the tourist communities, driving them inexorably toward a race war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what might have been only a regional sideshow of the 2024 Presidential election explodes into national prominence, thanks to the stunning ascent of Robert E. Lee White, a Southern war hero who seizes the public imagination as a third-party candidate. Dubbed \"the Tik-Tok Man,\" and funded by an eccentric Mississippi billionaire, Bobby White rides the glory of his Special Forces record to an unprecedented run at the White House--one unseen since the campaign of H. Ross Perot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo triumph over the national party machines, Bobby evolves a plan of unimaginable daring. One fateful autumn weekend, with White set to declare his candidacy, the forces polarizing America line up against one another, fueling explosive racial tension: Black vs. white, states vs. the federal government, democracy vs. Fascism. Teaming with his fearless daughter (now a civil rights lawyer) and a former Black Panther who spent most of his life in Parchman Prison, Penn tears into a political conspiracy behind White's pursuit of the Presidency and ultimately risks a second Civil War to try to expose its motivation to the world, before the America of our Constitution slides into the abyss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthern Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Greg Iles returns to the riveting style and historic depth that made the Natchez Burning trilogy a searing masterpiece and hurls the narrative fifteen years forward--where America itself teeters on the brink of anarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947270668519,"sku":"9780062824691","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_84ce253b-465d-4040-9cf9-3f0021e8493f.jpg?v=1775485582","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/southern-man-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}