{"product_id":"ritual-of-the-savage-hardcover","title":"Ritual of the Savage - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Strongman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's the long, hot summer of 1958.\u003c\/strong\u003e Johnny Davis - a struggling private eye with a taste for sharp suits, bottle blondes, and Zombie cocktails at the Luau - is nursing a hangover and a fresh set of bruises when his ex-wife Vicki walks back into his life. Her kid brother Eddie, a brilliant young chemist at Star Crest Chemicals, has vanished. Someone tried to kill him. Now he's hiding in the desert, terrified, and he'll only talk to Johnny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat starts as a routine missing person case drags Johnny out of his comfort zone into a nightmare world of mind-altering drugs, industrial espionage, and murder - with pit stops at some very well-stocked tiki bars. A corpse on the carpet. A security chief frozen in terror. A signed letter to a mysterious woman named Justine. And a single flask containing a formula so dangerous that Eddie himself wants it destroyed, but others will kill to possess it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the cocktail lounges and beatnik clubs of Sunset Strip to the manicured lawns of Palm Springs and the tiki bars of Honolulu, Johnny follows a trail of classified documents, Chinese spies, and a drug that opens the \"doors of perception\" - whether you're ready or not. Along the way, he must navigate his own weaknesses: his lingering love for Vicki, his growing obsession with the enigmatic Justine, and the violent legacy of the war he's never quite left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRitual of the Savage is hardboiled noir with a tropical twist - a sun-bleached pulp thriller steeped in 1950s Americana, exotica music, and the dark, sweaty underbelly of the American Dream. Pull up a stool. Order a Zombie. Just watch your back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50988787171467,"sku":"9780993186608","price":50.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/duhWg5uIU29780993186608.webp?v=1793335990","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/ritual-of-the-savage-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}