{"product_id":"bootleg-heroes","title":"Bootleg Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the American Embassy, in Quito, Ecuador, the members of the Marine Security Guard Detachment act as a highly skilled, spit and polish, first line of defense for members of the diplomatic corps. \u003cem\u003eBootleg Heroes, \u003c\/em\u003ehowever, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis an after-hours novel that invites the reader to peer behind the curtain. Once the Embassy has closed and the Marines have shed their uniforms, \u003cem\u003eBootleg Heroes\u003c\/em\u003e begins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the 1980 Reagan\/Carter election, Lance Corporal Curtis B. Dark arrives in country. His first Marine House T.G.I.F. begins at sundown and lasts the entire weekend. Dark's initial ambition to establish himself as a gung-ho, hard charging Marine, quickly gives way to a pressing realization - that he'd rather be a lover than a fighter...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Onward Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48515778904313,"sku":"9781954988187","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_d82853f4-2f01-43d0-9a6a-936b46a4999b.jpg?v=1781209175","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/bootleg-heroes","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}