{"product_id":"book-c5r7","title":"The Cruelty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e Gwendolyn'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. When 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. This suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action. \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e \"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.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \"[T]his debut novel is relentlessly paced, full of global sets, slick action...with a grim, ass-kicking antihero.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e is a nominee for the 2018 Edgar Award for best Young Adult book. \u003cb\u003eThis program includes a bonus interview with the author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49382172786992,"sku":"BDc5r7","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49382172819760,"sku":"40c5r7","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/223952-c5r7-Square.jpg?v=1735037293","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c5r7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}