{"id":36,"date":"2018-07-25T16:31:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2018-07-25T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T16:31:45","slug":"desert-hawk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"Desert Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Book 1 in the Reluctant Sniper Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a dream vacation to Mexico to celebrate twenty-five years of marriage for Don and Theresa. Unfortunately, the dream became a nightmare when\u00a0suddenly the hotel they are staying at is attacked by armed gunmen from a drug\u00a0cartel and Theresa, as well as nine other women, are kidnapped and taken away. Desperate to save his wife, Don\u00a0tries every legal and political avenue available to him, but to no avail.\u00a0With no\u00a0hope offered by the government, he turns to himself and skills he has not used for decades, skills that he never wanted\u00a0to use. Is it enough? Is\u00a0HE\u00a0good enough?\u00a0It is a deadly race with time to find his wife before she too becomes a victim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Desert_Hawk_Cover_for_Kindle-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Desert_Hawk_Cover_for_Kindle-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Desert_Hawk_Cover_for_Kindle-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Desert_Hawk_Cover_for_Kindle-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Desert_Hawk_Cover_for_Kindle.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set in a fictional world that is all too realistic, Desert Hawk is a gripping story of political failure and a desperate man\u2019s willingness to do whatever it takes to save the love of his life. The border along the southern United States is the new battleground for a\u00a0campaign of terror, and the U.S. Government is not willing to do anything to fight the growing violence during an election year. Unfortunately, it is\u00a0the locals that have to\u00a0pay\u00a0the price for their incompetence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Desert-Hawk-Sniper-Central-Reluctant\/dp\/172202710X\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/amazon_buy_small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.books2read.com\/u\/bwYv6v\">iTunes, B&N and most all other eBook formats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book 1 in the Reluctant Sniper Series It was a dream vacation to Mexico to celebrate twenty-five years of marriage for Don and Theresa. Unfortunately,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/?page_id=36\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Desert Hawk<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvinewing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}