Traffyck, Michael Beres' new Lazlo Horvath thriller, features the underground of contemporary Eastern Europe, a treacherous world contaminated by more than Chernobyl radiation and industrial waste. As communism collapsed, the foothold of social order tolerated a lurking subculture of child pornography and human trafficking. Traffyck, as they say.

From Chicago's Humboldt Park to the Romanian Carpathian Mountains to the bleak abandonment of Ukraine, a frightening chain of events threatens countless lives when perversion, unacceptable by civilized society, is revealed.

As chilling as Kiev in winter, Traffyck is a thrilling tale of crime and geopolitics, leaping from Ukraine to the U.S. and back again. Populated with complex and appealing--or terrifying--characters, the story offers up a glimpse of life in a ruthless but little-known underworld, in which specters from the past--among them Chernobyl--arise at every turn. ~Jeffery Deaver, Worldwide Best-Selling Author of The Bone Collector

"Traffyck pulls the reader into a bleak but fascinating world. The people and events ring true cover to cover and make us care. Author Beres takes us on a tour through the darkness, and makes us glad we came along." ~John Lutz, Shamus and Edgar Award-winner

"Traffyck is a great novel, compelling characters and an in-your-face story that never lets up. This book exposes a world heretofore unknown to most of us, one that Michael Beres makes frighteningly real." --Harry Hunsicker, Shamus Award-nominated author

With degrees in computer science, math, and literature, Michael worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, and later wrote software documentation. His family is from Western Ukraine.

The President's Nemesis was compared to The Manchurian Candidate by Library Journal; and The Chicago Tribune said his 2008 thriller, Chernobyl Murders "... is a page-turner of the highest order: from the compelling characterization to the vividly described landscape of a devastated Ukraine to the stunning cover art, Beres has penned himself a winner."

Michael has published 50 short stories and articles, many of which have been translated and reprinted in foreign editions.