Our Books: August 2009
POWER DOWN (St. Martin's Press, October 2010) by Ben Coes. A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in the hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. "One of the must-read thrillers of the year." -Vince Flynn. "Breathtaking." - David Morrell. "Thrillers don't get any better." -Stephen Coonts.
DEATH NOTICE (Minotaur Books, October 2010) by Todd Ritter. A small-town police chief helps track a killer who likes to send the names of his intended victims to the local newspaper -- before they die.
SKATING AROUND THE LAW (Minotaur, September 2010) by Joelle Charbonneau. A woman selling an inherited roller rink must turn amateur sleuth when a man dies head first in the rink's toilet. "Fast paced and furiously funny..." -- Chris Knopf, author of the Sam Acquillo mysteries. "A must read for all fans of Janet Evanovich." -- Victoria Thompson, author of Murder on Waverly Place. "...a sparkling mystery..." -- NY Times bestselling author, Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
BOLT ACTION (Hodder, September 2010) by Charlie Charters. Since 9/11, cockpit doors must be locked and impossible to break down. But what if the pilots are dead? Tristie Merritt leads a renegade band of ex-soldiers whose daring scam will take millions from their government and give it to veterans' charities. But faced with the ultimate terrorist outrage, Merritt is the CIA and MI5's one hope of preventing global disaster. "A terrific debut." -- Harlan Coben.
THE DE VALERA DECEPTION (Enigma Books, September 2010) by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin. Winston Churchill recruits a beautiful Hearst photo-journalist and a law school professor in the summer of 1929 to help him disable an IRA plot to assemble arms in the US for a coup d'etat in the Irish Free State. "A high class page-turner [with] mysterious and sexy protagonists" -- Les Roberts, past President, Private Eye Writers of America.
AMERICAN DEVIL (Headline, September 2010) by Oliver Stark. For the violent killer stalking New York's streets, the trophies he will take from his victims are essential if he is to complete his masterpiece. With panic gripping the city, suspended NYPD detective, Tom Harper is their only chance of catching the American Devil. "An impressive debut...Stark is an exceptional new British talent." -- Daily Mail.
THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE (Berkley Prime Crime, July 2010) by Avery Aames. Cheese shop proprietor Charlotte Bessette has prepared a delightful sampling of bold Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, delicious tortes of Stilton and Mascarpone, a taste of Sauvignon Blanc, and for the piéce de résistance, a little crime of passion. "It's not just gouda, it's great." -- NY Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett.
BLOOD LAW (Dell Publishing, July 2010) by Jeannie Holmes. Alexandra Sabian, an Enforcer for the Federal Bureau of Preternatural Investigation, must maintain the alliance between her kind and humans, but when dead vampires are murdered in the same gruesome fashion as her father was years ago, the job turns personal. "Fast paced and full of action, the story never flags, from the discovery of the first body to the exciting (and violent) finale." -- Booklist Online.
THE COLD KISS (Tor Books, July 2010) by John Rector. A young couple traveling across the country pick up a money-flashing hitchhiker during a blizzard and end up snowed in and fighting for their lives at a lonely roadside motel. "One of the best debuts I've read in a very long time." -- Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest.
STILL MISSING (St. Martin's Press, July 2010) by Chevy Stevens. A realtor is abducted from an open house by a man who can only be described as true evil. "A heart-pounding debut. Stevens pulls out all the stops in this cat-and-mouse battle between a brilliant psychopath and his tenacious victim. By equal turns clever and compelling, STILL MISSING is the not-to-be missed thriller of the year." -- Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author.
ROCK PAPER TIGER (Soho Press, June 2010) by Lisa Brackmann. Iraq vet Ellie McEnroe must navigate a web of conspiracies in modern-day China, involving a fugitive Uighur, artists, collectors, gamers and government agents -- in particular, a mysterious organization operating within a popular online game. "ROCK PAPER TIGER is a splendid debut novel by a gifted new writer. Her Chinese setting is exotic and chilling, and the characters live and breathe." -- T. Jefferson Parker.
WRAITH (TotalRecall Publications, June 2010) by James R. Hannibal. Pilot Michael "Victor" Baron joins the elite Stealth Wing and is immediately swept into the top secret world of Cerberus, an executive directed mission to eliminate terrorist leaders. "A true suspenseful story that will keep you turning the pages until the exciting finale." -- NY Times bestseller Clive Cussler.
WIRED KINGDOM (Variance Publishing/Deviation Books, May 2010) by Rick Chesler. When a Blue Whale tagged with a web-cam as part of a television nature program broadcasts a brutal murder at sea, an FBI agent with a fear of water finds herself in a deadly race to reach the animal before an unknown killer can destroy the digital evidence it carries.
THE INSIDER (Berkley, May 2010) by Reece Hirsch. When one of Will Connelly's San Francisco law firm colleagues dies -- an apparent suicide--he's quickly drawn into a complex criminal scheme involving insider trading, the Russian mob and a secret government surveillance program. "Reece Hirsch is writing and running with the big boys of courtroom drama" -- John Lescroart, NY Times bestselling author of "A Plague of Secrets."
THE RADIX (Leisure, May 2010) by Brett King. Challenged with ancient codes and mysteries, a paleopathologist seeks to unravel riddles no one has been able to solve for hundreds of years in his quest for a sacred relic thought to possess powers to heal--or kill. "A topnotch thriller! Part Da Vinci Code, part 24, The Radix is roller-coaster storytelling at its best." -- Jeffery Deaver.
THE ARK (Touchstone, May 2010) by Boyd Morrison. A relic from Noah's Ark gives a religious fanatic a weapon that will let him recreate the effects of the biblical flood, and former combat engineer Tyler Locke has just seven days to find the Ark before it's used to wipe out civilization again. "A stunning thriller with a premise as ingenious as it is flawlessly executed." -- James Rollins, author of The Doomsday Key.
CODE BLUE (Abingdon Press, April 2010) by Richard L. Mabry. When Dr. Cathy Sewell's world falls apart, she retreats to her hometown seeking healing and peace, but finds neither. The legacy of her dead parents haunts her. A malpractice suit threatens to end her practice. Two men say they love her, but can she trust either of them? And someone definitely wants her gone...as in "dead."
ISLAND OF BETRAYAL (Gauthier Publications, April 2010) by Alan L. Moss. A fast-paced political thriller neatly wrapped in an international conspiracy to cash in on an untested stem cell cure. A government economist opposes greedy attorneys, corrupt politicians, and conspirators desperate to defeat his efforts to raise American Samoa's wages. Framed for murder, he escapes, initiating a tension-filled odyssey as a Federal bureaucrat becomes a daring sleuth in a quest to track down the conspirators.
DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD (Midnight Ink, April 2010) by Alan Orloff. When Josh Handleman returns to his boyhood home to bury his semi-estranged father, he finds an old Russian Jew living in the basement. Even more shocking, he learns his father had been filthy rich. As Josh searches for a missing diamond collection bequeathed to him, he discovers more secrets about his father's life--and death. "...a thought-provoking debut..." -- Publishers Weekly.
ROOMS (B&H Fiction April 2010) by James L. Rubart. When a Seattle software tycoon inherits a home on the Oregon coast from a great-uncle he never knew, he expects to find a shack. But he hits the beach to find a 9,000 square foot mansion, and slowly discovers the home is a physical manifestation of his soul. "Suspenseful ... compelling ..." -- Publisher's Weekly. "4 ½ stars, a top pick for April." -- RT Book Reviews.
THE COST OF LOVE (Five Star Books, March 2010) by Drue Allen. Dean Dreiser must choose between the life of his partner and the lives of thousands. Sometimes national security requires the ultimate price--the life of the person you love. "Fans of shows such as 24 and The X-Files won't be able to put down Drue Allen's The Cost of Love, with its heart-racing, high-stakes action, dedicated federal agents, and powerful romance." -- Colleen Thompson, Beneath Bone Lake.
DRINK THE TEA (Minotaur, March 2010) by Thomas Kaufman. Private investigator Willis Gidney grew up without parents. So naturally he thinks it's a good idea to help his best friend find his missing daughter -- even if the daughter's been missing for 25 years. But when his investigation pits him against a ruthless multi-national corporation, a cutthroat congressman, and a young woman desperate to conceal her past, Gidney has no time for second thoughts. In fact, he may have no time left at all.
CITY OF WAR (HarperCollins, March 2010) by Neil Russell. Rail Black is a Beverly Hills billionaire with a dark military past. Then, one night, caught in a traffic jam on the 405, he is catapulted into an international conspiracy of duplicity and murder. "Neil Russell has to be one of the finest, skilled and accomplished writers in the country. CITY OF WAR is as fascinating and spellbinding as any mystery you'll ever read." -- Clive Cussler.
THE THINGS THAT KEEP US HERE (Delacorte Press, February 2010) by Carla Buckley. A couple on the brink of divorce struggles to keep their family alive as a deadly pandemic rages, turning neighbor against neighbor. "Buckley raises important questions about trust, loyalty and forgiveness." -- Publishers Weekly. "An amazing achievement. Buckley explores a global catastrophe with such a narrow focus, and with complex characters that we come to care deeply about." -- International bestselling author Linwood Barclay.
BLACK RAIN (Dell, January 2010) by Graham Brown. Amid the ruins of an ancient Mayan city, an American team has found the key to workable cold-fusion. But in recovering it, they've released an deadly curse from the pages of Mayan mythology. Their only hope for survival may rest with the chilling secret buried deep beneath the city and the falling of the Black Rain. "Envelopes the reader into a brilliantly conceived world" -- Steve Berry, The Paris Vendetta.
VERACITY (Pocket, January 2010) by Laura Bynum. Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism gave rise to a totalitarian regime. Easy sex, easy drugs, and a brutal police force keep citizens from rising up; an implant that regulates language keeps them from realizing they should. Harper joins the resistance and fights for their lost freedoms, as well as her daughter's lost name. Winner of the Rupert Hughes Award, February 2010 IndieBound New Notable.
DEAD MEN CAN KILL (TotalRecall Publications, January 2010) by Bob Doerr. When Jim West leaves the life of an Air Force Special Agent to pursue a peaceful second career as a professional lecturer on forensic hypnosis, he never envisioned that a demonstration with a college student would stir up memories of an eighteen-year-old murder. When the student is killed three days later, West finds himself entangled in the middle of a murder investigation.
COLD WINTER'S KILL (TotalRecall Publications, January 2010) by Bob Doerr. Following a phone call from an old friend, Jim West finds himself in Ruidoso, NM, investigating the disappearance of his friend's daughter. The deeper he digs, the more he is determined that her disappearance may be connected to those of other young girls in the past. Will he find her in time or will she become just another cold winter's kill?
THE SCULPTOR (Pinnacle, January 2010) by Gregory Funaro. A scholarly work on Michelangelo becomes the inspiration for a vicious serial killer, who turns his victims into reproductions of Michelangelo's most celebrated sculptures. "Fast-paced, exciting and wildly surreal, Funaro's debut thriller delivers gasp-out-loud terror and relentless suspense. A genuine page-turner! When you start THE SCULPTOR, get ready for an all-nighter, and double-lock your doors!" -- Kevin O'Brien, New York Times best-selling author.
FACES OF THE GONE (St. Martin's Press, December 2009) by Brad Parks. A shooting can rattle a city, even gun-choked Newark, N.J. And the shooting facing investigative report Carter Ross Monday morning is no ordinary crime: Four bodies shot execution style and left in a vacant lot. Soon, Carter learns the four victims have one connection, and this knowledge puts him in the path of one very ambitious killer. "Terrific debut." -- Harlan Coben.
FORTY-EIGHT X: THE LEMURIA PROJECT (Medallion Press, December 2009) by Barry Pollack. The world's greatest scientists are engaged in a top secret project to genetically engineer a new kind of American warrior -- lethal, near invincible, expendable. The secret unravels as two fascinating, romantically mismatched couples challenge military and political roadblocks around the world to uncover the secret and reveal a chimera, a new species that might one day vie with the human race for dominance.
HUNT AT WORLD'S END (Leisure Books, November 2009) by Nicholas Kaufmann, as Gabriel Hunt. Gabriel Hunt searches through Borneo, Turkey and the Kalahari Desert for the clues to an ancient and devastating weapon, with a deadly rival and a dangerous cult hot on his heels. "A must read." -- Booklist.
POWER DOWN (St. Martin's Press, October 2010) by Ben Coes. A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in the hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack. "One of the must-read thrillers of the year." -Vince Flynn. "Breathtaking." - David Morrell. "Thrillers don't get any better." -Stephen Coonts.
DEATH NOTICE (Minotaur Books, October 2010) by Todd Ritter. A small-town police chief helps track a killer who likes to send the names of his intended victims to the local newspaper -- before they die.
SKATING AROUND THE LAW (Minotaur, September 2010) by Joelle Charbonneau. A woman selling an inherited roller rink must turn amateur sleuth when a man dies head first in the rink's toilet. "Fast paced and furiously funny..." -- Chris Knopf, author of the Sam Acquillo mysteries. "A must read for all fans of Janet Evanovich." -- Victoria Thompson, author of Murder on Waverly Place. "...a sparkling mystery..." -- NY Times bestselling author, Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
BOLT ACTION (Hodder, September 2010) by Charlie Charters. Since 9/11, cockpit doors must be locked and impossible to break down. But what if the pilots are dead? Tristie Merritt leads a renegade band of ex-soldiers whose daring scam will take millions from their government and give it to veterans' charities. But faced with the ultimate terrorist outrage, Merritt is the CIA and MI5's one hope of preventing global disaster. "A terrific debut." -- Harlan Coben.
THE DE VALERA DECEPTION (Enigma Books, September 2010) by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin. Winston Churchill recruits a beautiful Hearst photo-journalist and a law school professor in the summer of 1929 to help him disable an IRA plot to assemble arms in the US for a coup d'etat in the Irish Free State. "A high class page-turner [with] mysterious and sexy protagonists" -- Les Roberts, past President, Private Eye Writers of America.
AMERICAN DEVIL (Headline, September 2010) by Oliver Stark. For the violent killer stalking New York's streets, the trophies he will take from his victims are essential if he is to complete his masterpiece. With panic gripping the city, suspended NYPD detective, Tom Harper is their only chance of catching the American Devil. "An impressive debut...Stark is an exceptional new British talent." -- Daily Mail.
THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE (Berkley Prime Crime, July 2010) by Avery Aames. Cheese shop proprietor Charlotte Bessette has prepared a delightful sampling of bold Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, delicious tortes of Stilton and Mascarpone, a taste of Sauvignon Blanc, and for the piéce de résistance, a little crime of passion. "It's not just gouda, it's great." -- NY Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett.
BLOOD LAW (Dell Publishing, July 2010) by Jeannie Holmes. Alexandra Sabian, an Enforcer for the Federal Bureau of Preternatural Investigation, must maintain the alliance between her kind and humans, but when dead vampires are murdered in the same gruesome fashion as her father was years ago, the job turns personal. "Fast paced and full of action, the story never flags, from the discovery of the first body to the exciting (and violent) finale." -- Booklist Online.
THE COLD KISS (Tor Books, July 2010) by John Rector. A young couple traveling across the country pick up a money-flashing hitchhiker during a blizzard and end up snowed in and fighting for their lives at a lonely roadside motel. "One of the best debuts I've read in a very long time." -- Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest.
STILL MISSING (St. Martin's Press, July 2010) by Chevy Stevens. A realtor is abducted from an open house by a man who can only be described as true evil. "A heart-pounding debut. Stevens pulls out all the stops in this cat-and-mouse battle between a brilliant psychopath and his tenacious victim. By equal turns clever and compelling, STILL MISSING is the not-to-be missed thriller of the year." -- Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author.
ROCK PAPER TIGER (Soho Press, June 2010) by Lisa Brackmann. Iraq vet Ellie McEnroe must navigate a web of conspiracies in modern-day China, involving a fugitive Uighur, artists, collectors, gamers and government agents -- in particular, a mysterious organization operating within a popular online game. "ROCK PAPER TIGER is a splendid debut novel by a gifted new writer. Her Chinese setting is exotic and chilling, and the characters live and breathe." -- T. Jefferson Parker.
WRAITH (TotalRecall Publications, June 2010) by James R. Hannibal. Pilot Michael "Victor" Baron joins the elite Stealth Wing and is immediately swept into the top secret world of Cerberus, an executive directed mission to eliminate terrorist leaders. "A true suspenseful story that will keep you turning the pages until the exciting finale." -- NY Times bestseller Clive Cussler.
WIRED KINGDOM (Variance Publishing/Deviation Books, May 2010) by Rick Chesler. When a Blue Whale tagged with a web-cam as part of a television nature program broadcasts a brutal murder at sea, an FBI agent with a fear of water finds herself in a deadly race to reach the animal before an unknown killer can destroy the digital evidence it carries.
THE INSIDER (Berkley, May 2010) by Reece Hirsch. When one of Will Connelly's San Francisco law firm colleagues dies -- an apparent suicide--he's quickly drawn into a complex criminal scheme involving insider trading, the Russian mob and a secret government surveillance program. "Reece Hirsch is writing and running with the big boys of courtroom drama" -- John Lescroart, NY Times bestselling author of "A Plague of Secrets."
THE RADIX (Leisure, May 2010) by Brett King. Challenged with ancient codes and mysteries, a paleopathologist seeks to unravel riddles no one has been able to solve for hundreds of years in his quest for a sacred relic thought to possess powers to heal--or kill. "A topnotch thriller! Part Da Vinci Code, part 24, The Radix is roller-coaster storytelling at its best." -- Jeffery Deaver.
THE ARK (Touchstone, May 2010) by Boyd Morrison. A relic from Noah's Ark gives a religious fanatic a weapon that will let him recreate the effects of the biblical flood, and former combat engineer Tyler Locke has just seven days to find the Ark before it's used to wipe out civilization again. "A stunning thriller with a premise as ingenious as it is flawlessly executed." -- James Rollins, author of The Doomsday Key.
CODE BLUE (Abingdon Press, April 2010) by Richard L. Mabry. When Dr. Cathy Sewell's world falls apart, she retreats to her hometown seeking healing and peace, but finds neither. The legacy of her dead parents haunts her. A malpractice suit threatens to end her practice. Two men say they love her, but can she trust either of them? And someone definitely wants her gone...as in "dead."
ISLAND OF BETRAYAL (Gauthier Publications, April 2010) by Alan L. Moss. A fast-paced political thriller neatly wrapped in an international conspiracy to cash in on an untested stem cell cure. A government economist opposes greedy attorneys, corrupt politicians, and conspirators desperate to defeat his efforts to raise American Samoa's wages. Framed for murder, he escapes, initiating a tension-filled odyssey as a Federal bureaucrat becomes a daring sleuth in a quest to track down the conspirators.
DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD (Midnight Ink, April 2010) by Alan Orloff. When Josh Handleman returns to his boyhood home to bury his semi-estranged father, he finds an old Russian Jew living in the basement. Even more shocking, he learns his father had been filthy rich. As Josh searches for a missing diamond collection bequeathed to him, he discovers more secrets about his father's life--and death. "...a thought-provoking debut..." -- Publishers Weekly.
ROOMS (B&H Fiction April 2010) by James L. Rubart. When a Seattle software tycoon inherits a home on the Oregon coast from a great-uncle he never knew, he expects to find a shack. But he hits the beach to find a 9,000 square foot mansion, and slowly discovers the home is a physical manifestation of his soul. "Suspenseful ... compelling ..." -- Publisher's Weekly. "4 ½ stars, a top pick for April." -- RT Book Reviews.
THE COST OF LOVE (Five Star Books, March 2010) by Drue Allen. Dean Dreiser must choose between the life of his partner and the lives of thousands. Sometimes national security requires the ultimate price--the life of the person you love. "Fans of shows such as 24 and The X-Files won't be able to put down Drue Allen's The Cost of Love, with its heart-racing, high-stakes action, dedicated federal agents, and powerful romance." -- Colleen Thompson, Beneath Bone Lake.
DRINK THE TEA (Minotaur, March 2010) by Thomas Kaufman. Private investigator Willis Gidney grew up without parents. So naturally he thinks it's a good idea to help his best friend find his missing daughter -- even if the daughter's been missing for 25 years. But when his investigation pits him against a ruthless multi-national corporation, a cutthroat congressman, and a young woman desperate to conceal her past, Gidney has no time for second thoughts. In fact, he may have no time left at all.
CITY OF WAR (HarperCollins, March 2010) by Neil Russell. Rail Black is a Beverly Hills billionaire with a dark military past. Then, one night, caught in a traffic jam on the 405, he is catapulted into an international conspiracy of duplicity and murder. "Neil Russell has to be one of the finest, skilled and accomplished writers in the country. CITY OF WAR is as fascinating and spellbinding as any mystery you'll ever read." -- Clive Cussler.
THE THINGS THAT KEEP US HERE (Delacorte Press, February 2010) by Carla Buckley. A couple on the brink of divorce struggles to keep their family alive as a deadly pandemic rages, turning neighbor against neighbor. "Buckley raises important questions about trust, loyalty and forgiveness." -- Publishers Weekly. "An amazing achievement. Buckley explores a global catastrophe with such a narrow focus, and with complex characters that we come to care deeply about." -- International bestselling author Linwood Barclay.
BLACK RAIN (Dell, January 2010) by Graham Brown. Amid the ruins of an ancient Mayan city, an American team has found the key to workable cold-fusion. But in recovering it, they've released an deadly curse from the pages of Mayan mythology. Their only hope for survival may rest with the chilling secret buried deep beneath the city and the falling of the Black Rain. "Envelopes the reader into a brilliantly conceived world" -- Steve Berry, The Paris Vendetta.
VERACITY (Pocket, January 2010) by Laura Bynum. Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism gave rise to a totalitarian regime. Easy sex, easy drugs, and a brutal police force keep citizens from rising up; an implant that regulates language keeps them from realizing they should. Harper joins the resistance and fights for their lost freedoms, as well as her daughter's lost name. Winner of the Rupert Hughes Award, February 2010 IndieBound New Notable.
DEAD MEN CAN KILL (TotalRecall Publications, January 2010) by Bob Doerr. When Jim West leaves the life of an Air Force Special Agent to pursue a peaceful second career as a professional lecturer on forensic hypnosis, he never envisioned that a demonstration with a college student would stir up memories of an eighteen-year-old murder. When the student is killed three days later, West finds himself entangled in the middle of a murder investigation.
COLD WINTER'S KILL (TotalRecall Publications, January 2010) by Bob Doerr. Following a phone call from an old friend, Jim West finds himself in Ruidoso, NM, investigating the disappearance of his friend's daughter. The deeper he digs, the more he is determined that her disappearance may be connected to those of other young girls in the past. Will he find her in time or will she become just another cold winter's kill?
THE SCULPTOR (Pinnacle, January 2010) by Gregory Funaro. A scholarly work on Michelangelo becomes the inspiration for a vicious serial killer, who turns his victims into reproductions of Michelangelo's most celebrated sculptures. "Fast-paced, exciting and wildly surreal, Funaro's debut thriller delivers gasp-out-loud terror and relentless suspense. A genuine page-turner! When you start THE SCULPTOR, get ready for an all-nighter, and double-lock your doors!" -- Kevin O'Brien, New York Times best-selling author.
FACES OF THE GONE (St. Martin's Press, December 2009) by Brad Parks. A shooting can rattle a city, even gun-choked Newark, N.J. And the shooting facing investigative report Carter Ross Monday morning is no ordinary crime: Four bodies shot execution style and left in a vacant lot. Soon, Carter learns the four victims have one connection, and this knowledge puts him in the path of one very ambitious killer. "Terrific debut." -- Harlan Coben.
FORTY-EIGHT X: THE LEMURIA PROJECT (Medallion Press, December 2009) by Barry Pollack. The world's greatest scientists are engaged in a top secret project to genetically engineer a new kind of American warrior -- lethal, near invincible, expendable. The secret unravels as two fascinating, romantically mismatched couples challenge military and political roadblocks around the world to uncover the secret and reveal a chimera, a new species that might one day vie with the human race for dominance.
HUNT AT WORLD'S END (Leisure Books, November 2009) by Nicholas Kaufmann, as Gabriel Hunt. Gabriel Hunt searches through Borneo, Turkey and the Kalahari Desert for the clues to an ancient and devastating weapon, with a deadly rival and a dangerous cult hot on his heels. "A must read." -- Booklist.
