Man on the Run (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Independently Published, 2026
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Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Estados Unidos de AmericaGrand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. A 24-hour head start. That was the bargain. His life in exchange for his brother's.He made it all the way to South America before the trap snapped shut. But the truth was simpler and crueler: the trap had been closing around him since childhood, tightening with every hard lesson he learned to survive.Now he stands in a dim, humid Venezuelan airport with no passport, no safe way back, and a ghost from his past closing fast. Toronto is behind him. Houston is behind him too. For fourteen years he has lived on roads, fuel, nerves, and raw instinct - always moving before trouble could learn his name, always staying one step ahead of the debt that wanted him dead.But bargains have a way of echoing.To understand how he ended up trapped in the back of a speeding taxi cutting through violent gridlock in a foreign city, you have to go back to where it all began - to the mid-century childhood that forged him. To the old wooden bridge where he learned fear. To the dark security shack where a boy discovered that thinking fast was the only way to stay alive. To the moments that taught him that danger doesn't always come with a warning - sometimes it grows quietly inside the home you're supposed to trust.From the dusty interior of a fifty-foot rolling camper fortress rumbling across the American interior to the quiet cabin of a handmade army vessel slicing through the open waters of the Texas coast, Man on the Run is a relentless, ticking-clock journey through the life of a hyper-vigilant survivalist who has spent decades outrunning a shadow that refuses to stop.He thought he was running from a lethal debt. He thought he was beating the odds. He thought he could stay ahead of the past.But the ultimate trap isn't the one waiting across the border - it's the one built inside his own mind. And once it snaps shut, there's no outrunning it. JR Friend writes from a life shaped by sports, service, hard choices, and survival. Drafted into the NHL at seventeen, he chose military service instead, serving alongside his younger brother in the Royal Canadian Regiment. JR's independent nature did not fit easily within rigid military structures, but his time in uniform sharply forged his lifelong instincts for loyalty and self-reliance.Later working as an engineer in public service and coaching hockey in Ottawa, JR deepened his profound understanding of discipline, pressure, and the resilience of people who survive by refusing to quit. This expansive background, combined with a high-IQ perspective, allows him to weave deeply psychological, raw, and authentic narratives across his multi-universe catalog. Man on the Run stands as a gripping fictionalized drama born directly from the grit, danger, and second chances of true lived experience. Satom Chhim is the Founder and Creative Director of Paladin Studio Production Inc. Holding a degree in Psychology from the University of Washington alongside a rich background in the fine arts-including poetry, photography, painting, and jewelry design-she serves as the vital structural architect behind the Paladin literary universes. Satom brings a rare, multi-disciplinary eye to the publishing desk, meticulously shaping, pacing, and structuring JR Friend's extensive, fast-moving narrative tracks This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798161778951
- Título
- Man on the Run (Paperback)
- Autor
- Satom Chhim
- Editorial
- Independently Published
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798161778951
A 24‑hour head start. That was the bargain. His life in exchange for his brother’s.
He made it all the way to South America before the trap snapped shut. But the truth was simpler and crueler: the trap had been closing around him since childhood, tightening with every hard lesson he learned to survive.
Now he stands in a dim, humid Venezuelan airport with no passport, no safe way back, and a ghost from his past closing fast. Toronto is behind him. Houston is behind him too. For fourteen years he has lived on roads, fuel, nerves, and raw instinct — always moving before trouble could learn his name, always staying one step ahead of the debt that wanted him dead.
But bargains have a way of echoing.
To understand how he ended up trapped in the back of a speeding taxi cutting through violent gridlock in a foreign city, you have to go back to where it all began — to the mid‑century childhood that forged him. To the old wooden bridge where he learned fear. To the dark security shack where a boy discovered that thinking fast was the only way to stay alive. To the moments that taught him that danger doesn’t always come with a warning — sometimes it grows quietly inside the home you’re supposed to trust.
From the dusty interior of a fifty‑foot rolling camper fortress rumbling across the American interior to the quiet cabin of a handmade army vessel slicing through the open waters of the Texas coast, Man on the Run is a relentless, ticking‑clock journey through the life of a hyper‑vigilant survivalist who has spent decades outrunning a shadow that refuses to stop.
He thought he was running from a lethal debt. He thought he was beating the odds. He thought he could stay ahead of the past.
But the ultimate trap isn’t the one waiting across the border — it’s the one built inside his own mind. And once it snaps shut, there’s no outrunning it.
JR Friend writes from a life shaped by sports, service, hard choices, and survival. Drafted into the NHL at seventeen, he chose military service instead, serving alongside his younger brother in the Royal Canadian Regiment. JR's independent nature did not fit easily within rigid military structures, but his time in uniform sharply forged his lifelong instincts for loyalty and self-reliance.
Later working as an engineer in public service and coaching hockey in Ottawa, JR deepened his profound understanding of discipline, pressure, and the resilience of people who survive by refusing to quit. This expansive background, combined with a high-IQ perspective, allows him to weave deeply psychological, raw, and authentic narratives across his multi-universe catalog. Man on the Run stands as a gripping fictionalized drama born directly from the grit, danger, and second chances of true lived experience.
Satom Chhim is the Founder and Creative Director of Paladin Studio Production Inc. Holding a degree in Psychology from the University of Washington alongside a rich background in the fine arts—including poetry, photography, painting, and jewelry design—she serves as the vital structural architect behind the Paladin literary universes. Satom brings a rare, multi-disciplinary eye to the publishing desk, meticulously shaping, pacing, and structuring JR Friend’s extensive, fast-moving narrative tracks
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