{"id":1233,"date":"2026-01-03T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-fifth-to-die-barker-j-d\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:20:13","slug":"the-fifth-to-die-barker-j-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-fifth-to-die-barker-j-d\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fifth to Die &#8211; Barker, J. D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='book-preview'>\n<h3>Book Preview<\/h3>\n<p class=\"follow\">It swirled around him deep and thick, eating the light and leaving nothing behind but an inky void. A fog choked his thoughts\u2014the words tried to come together, tried to form a cohesive sentence, to find meaning, but the moment they seemed close, they were swallowed up and gone, replaced by a growing sense of dread, a feeling of heaviness\u2014his body sinking into the murky depths of a long-forgotten body of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">Sam Porter wanted to open his eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">They fought him though, held tight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">His head ached, throbbed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">A pulsing pain behind his right ear\u2014at his temple too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">\u201cTry not to move, Sam. Wouldn\u2019t want you to get sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">The voice was distant, muffled, familiar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">Porter was lying down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">Cold steel beneath the tips of his fingers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">He remembered the shot then. A needle at the base of his neck, a quick stab, cold liquid rushing under his skin into the muscle, then\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">Porter forced his eyes to open, the heavy lids fighting him. Dry, burning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">He tried to rub them, his right hand reaching out only to be pulled back when the chain at his wrist went taut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">His breath caught, and he forced himself to a sitting position, his head spinning as the blood rushed out. He almost fell back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow\">\u201cWhoa, easy, Sam. The etorphine will work out of your system quickly now that you\u2019re awake. Just give it a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style='margin: 30px 0; border-top: 1px solid #eee;'>\n<p style='text-align:center;'>Read the full book by downloading it below.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/download-is-starting\/?url=https%3A\/\/mega.co.nz\/%23%21kwBl0azR%21V5YWv-VpGWFE0R2TN9r2J3y6pesrsyHTa3uH94ZjJFQ' class='download-btn' target='_blank'>DOWNLOAD EPUB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Preview It swirled around him deep and thick, eating the light and leaving nothing behind but an inky void. A fog choked his thoughts\u2014the words tried to come together, tried to form a cohesive sentence, to find meaning, but the moment they seemed close, they were swallowed up and gone, replaced by a growing &#8230; <a title=\"The Fifth to Die &#8211; Barker, J. D\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-fifth-to-die-barker-j-d\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Fifth to Die &#8211; Barker, J. D\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-j-d-barker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}