<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[J R Childress Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[J R Childress Novels]]></description><link>https://www.jrchildressnovels.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:49:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jrchildressnovels.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Amazon Is Dying. This Eco-Educational Thriller Novel Will Make You Care.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Desperate times call for desperate measures. Every minute, an area of Amazon rainforest the size of a football field disappears.  Not in some distant future scenario, but right now, as you read this sentence. Illegal logging crews are cutting. Fires are burning. And most of the world doesn’t know about the destruction, or the peril it causes for life on earth. That uncomfortable truth is exactly why I wrote Desperate Measures . The Story Behind the Story As a marine ecologist trained at...]]></description><link>https://www.jrchildressnovels.com/post/the-amazon-is-dying-this-eco-educational-thriller-novel-will-make-you-care</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d51b1ef1e9d95ab5e7515a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:18:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/edc914_1a806aa7cecf4105bbc4f7f15b015a0e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jrc228</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>