{"id":177,"date":"2017-11-06T21:47:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T21:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/?post_type=book&#038;p=177"},"modified":"2025-07-18T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:59:11","slug":"vengeance-waits-at-the-door-the-black-spectre-origins-book-3","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/book\/vengeance-waits-at-the-door-the-black-spectre-origins-book-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vengeance Waits at the Door (The Black Spectre Origins, Book 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A masked hero fights for his life. An ailing reporter faces uncertain death. Will either live until morning?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Following his failed attempt to kill Big Jack, Brent Gregor (aka The Black Spectre) lies near death in a Chinatown parish. Determined to locate the mysterious assassin, the Mob combs the blood-soaked streets to find him. His only hope of survival lies in the mercy of strangers.<\/p>\n<p>Furious that she missed out on the story of a lifetime, Vicky is stunned to learn that her mysterious savior is actually real. Ignoring Editor Frank Matson&#8217;s orders and her own failing health, she goes after the story with a vengeance. But to get the answers she so desperately needs, she will have to march straight into the lion&#8217;s den. Alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vengeance Waits at the Door<\/strong> is the third book in the Black Spectre Origins series, detailing the rise of the masked pulp hero The Black Spectre. If you like <em>Agent Carter<\/em>, <em>The Rocketeer<\/em>, and <em>The Dark Knight<\/em>, then you&#8217;ll love Roger Alford&#8217;s gritty noir mystery that effortlessly combines new pulp with a classic 1930s style.<\/p>\n<p>Buy <em>Vengeance Waits at the Door<\/em> and journey back into the world of the Black Spectre today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A masked hero fights for his life. An ailing reporter faces uncertain death. Will either live until morning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176,"parent":0,"template":"","book-category":[],"book-series":[],"book-author":[119],"class_list":["post-177","book","type-book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book-author-rogeralford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-category?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightningbugpress.com\/blackhoodpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-author?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}