Political / legal thriller

Book SynopsisOn a hot, insomniac night at the Hotel Metropol, the novelist Carlos Fuentes steps onto his balcony only to find another man on the balcony next door. The other man asks for news of the social strife turning into revolution in the unnamed city below them. He reveals himself as the 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, permitted to revisit earth once a year for 24 hours based on his theory of eternal return. With tenderness and gallows humor, the novelist and the philosopher unflinchingly tell the story of the beginning of the revolution, its triumph, fanaticism, terror, and retrenchment: a story of love, friendship, family, commitment, passion, corruption, betrayal, violence, and hope.Trade ReviewMexico's greatest novelist. * The Guardian *Wildly, intriguingly spun political-philosophical take * The Complete Review *

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Book SynopsisAs head of California’s task force on narcotics and organized crime, Brock Andrews has earned his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense law enforcement agent. With his hardball tactics and skillful handling of informants, his team has successfully brought down some of the country’s most violent and powerful criminals. But it’s Brock’s superior who’s about to become his greatest adversary. Her name: Alison Andrews, First Assistant United States Attorney . . . and Brock’s wife. 
 Publicly, Alison and Brock Andrews are a dynamic power couple at the pinnacle of federal law enforcement. Privately, their marriage is on the rocks. And the growing tension between them has only worsened with Alison’s release of Edward Nelson, the disgraced CIA employee and international arms dealer Brock arrested months earlier in the biggest bust of his career. What Brock doesn’t know is that Alison has recruited Nelson as her most important undercover operator in a plot to ensnare a ring of domestic terrorists smuggling arms overseas. Nelson, a master manipulator skilled at deadly games, has a plan of his own—to turn Alison’s undercover operation inside out, unleash a secret army of heavily armed militiamen, and target Washington’s high-powered political arena for a terrorist act of unparalleled proportions. 
 Nelson is once again number one on Brock’s most wanted list. But with Alison protecting him from arrest, the only way to get to him is through an informant Brock has taken into custody. And while crucial information from this secret source helps Brock put together the pieces of Nelson’s insidious plan, it lays open more questions—and even more disturbing possibilities, including Alison’s complicity in criminal activity. Soon, Brock finds himself deep in a morass of shifting loyalties, outright betrayals, and hidden agendas that leave him running out of trust—and time. One thing is certain. Each hour matters, as Brock sets a dramatic trap to capture Nelson . . . and stop a terrifying attack on the heart of the nation. But first, he has to uncover the most dangerous truth of all . . .Trade ReviewA senior federal investigator battles the even more senior federal investigator blocking his attempt to bring a big-time villain to justice. The switch: these investigators are wedded. Not that there's much left for them in the bliss department. It's a marriage under severe pressure from dueling egos and irreconcilable ambitions. Brock Andrews, head of a task force on organized crime, wants desperately to nail Ed Nelson, once a CIA super spook but now a sleazy, tacky, fast-buck operator who'll sell anything to anybodyarms, drugs, secrets, whatever a well-heeled buyer's heart desires. And if the prospective buyer happens to be a rogue government or right-wing US terrorist organization, so be it. Nelson's problems are never ethical, only tacticalwhere to get the wanted stuff, how to kill whoever stands in his way. First Assistant US Attorney in California Alison AndrewsBrock's wife and bossstarts out wanting Nelson's hide as much as her husband does. But that changes when a certain highly placed Washington powerbroker convinces her that there's a better plan. Turn the bad guy. Use the evidence Brock has compiled to make an informer out of Nelson. Go after the sharks, he says. There's corruption on the loose even more dangerous than what Ed Nelson represents. Alison is drawn to the idea; Brock hates it. ``Nelson's somebody you just stop. Period,'' he insists. So the gulf between them remains intact, actually growing wider as the tide of events washes away good will and mutual understanding. But then, finally, shockingly, the gulf closesafter a violent climax neither of the two foresaw or wished. A good story, twistier than it has to be, but held together by a sturdy spine: the intriguing war between the Andrewses, who love passionately even when they no longer dare to trust. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.“A fiendishly clever…downright brilliant book. I recommend it highly.” —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The 13th Juror“COMPELLING . . . A bloody showdown between manipulative killer and dedicated prosecutor from which no one emerges unscathed... Wood knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system.” —San Diego Union “SUSPENSE-FILLED . . . Realistic, fast- moving . . . Molina is the kind of criminal that you love to hate.” —Daily Press (Newport News, VA) “A unique legal thriller . . . Wood knows the ins and outs of prisons, courts, government witness programs . . . Gangland demonstrates graphically the tensions, frustrations, and personal dangers often endured by the families of crime victims.”—Deltona Enterprise (FL) “William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa WorldDespite its somewhat ludicrous premise?a husband-and-wife team of assistant U.S. attorneys (she's his boss) who lie to each other, withhold vital information and then wonder why their marriage is in trouble?Wood's (Broken Trust) new thriller offers a great deal of action and a worthy villain. Arms dealer and former CIA agent Ed Nelson is a credible and deadly combination of softness and guile. He's more than a match for Alison Andrews, the ambitious first assistant U.S. attorney general, and her tougher, more pragmatic husband, Brock, who work out of Sacramento, live in a restored mansion where nude swimming keeps their sex life active and generally share everything but the important stuff. "Perhaps," Alison wonders, "they no longer shared the same dreams." In fact, Alison has been arm-twisted into letting Nelson walk after Brock and his team risked their lives to nail him. Justifiably miffed, Brock keeps secrets from Alison about his ongoing investigation into one of Nelson's associates?another believably weak but dangerous con named Denny Lara. In fluid prose, former deputy district attorney Wood is at his best showing how government operatives often trip over their own guns. He's on much shakier ground trying to make us care if the Andrews marriage can or should be saved. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Book SynopsisIt started as a tragic but simple murder, an old woman killed in the street for her handbag. But as police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya investigate, they find very little that makes sense, and nothing that leads where they expect. Even stranger, Nye and Tafoya are pretty sure they’ve been under surveillance ever since they showed up at the crime scene. And when they discover some shocking forensic evidence, they know they’re in way over their heads. Dennis Cooper has been prosecuting homicides in the D.A.’s office for years, but he’s never seen a case like this one. The suspect that Nye and Tafoya have given him is no run-of-the-mill mugger. And there’s much more at stake than a conviction. This case has some very powerful people very concerned—and determined to stop Cooper at any cost.Trade Review“Gripping . . . bleeds with tension and suspense!” —Steve Martini, bestselling author, for Quicksand “Wood, a former prosecutor, really shows his expertise of writing about the legal system with this spellbinding, gripping novel.” —The Best Reviews “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, Author of Helter Skelter “A natural storyteller!” —Norman Katkox, Author of Blood and Orchids “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World

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Book SynopsisHe was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he’s dead—shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just twenty-four hours to find out if the congressman was killed because of his speech . . . or something far worse.
 Dennis Cooper is acting District Attorney during these critical twenty-four hours. He’s in for the fight of his career, with the FBI withholding vital information, a recklessly ambitious U.S. Attorney, and a nation poised on the brink of hysteria. Time is running out for everyone—and they know it.

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Book SynopsisSuperior Court Judge Timothy Nash thought the brutal murder trial in his court would be like many he’d presided over before. He didn’t know it might lead to his own murder. Nash has been tapped as point man in a federal sting operation against the most powerful and dangerous of prey: corrupt judges. Risking his reputation and his life, Nash digs deep into a morass of dirty deals and uncovers a devastating plot of betrayal. The closer he gets to the truth, the more desperate the judges become—until they fight back with all the power at their command. It’s all coming to a head as the murder trial nears its verdict, a verdict that could spell death for not only the defendant but also for Nash himself.Trade Review“A spellbinding tale about the men and women who dispence justice from the bench.” —Associated Press “Wood combines colorful, behind-the-scenes details with a nonstop plot.” —Library Journal “William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World “Fast-moving . . . Fascinating . . . Convincing . . . Chillingly informative.” —Sacramento Bee

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Book SynopsisSmall-time operator Bobby Carnes took a shot at a big score, setting up a major drug sale with some high rollers in Marina del Ray. He went in with a few bags of crank-methamphetamine and a .44 and walked out a stone-cold killer: a suitcase full of cash in his hands and four bodies in his wake. Now Carnes is up for trial, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Keegan has decided to prosecute the case himself, prompted by his own private anguish. It’s a move that guarantees him media coverage in a brutal reelection campaign—a strategy that could easily backfire. For Keegan’s star witness is running scared, and if he loses the case, a brutal murderer will go free . . . and all of George Keegan’s dreams will turn to dust.Trade Review“Wood delivers a compelling moral tale disguised as an intelligent legal thriller.” —Publishers Weekly "No one writes a better police procedural than Bill Wood." —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Juror and The Hunt Club “William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World

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Book Synopsis"Compelling. . .A bloody showdown between manipulative killer and dedicated prosecutor from which no one emerges unscathed." —San Diego UnionHector Molina controls Gangland. From behind prison bars, he rules a ruthless gang of renegades who deal in extortion, drugs, and death. U.S. attorney Claude Massingill is determined to expose Gangland. He’s got Molina locked up as a protected witness for a trial that’s sure to make headlines—and Molina couldn’t ask for a better hideout than the one the government is giving him. Now, Assistant D.A. Mike Swanson needs to penetrate Gangland. . .and fast. He’s got to break through the federal fence, get to Molina, and convict the notorious prison ganglord of murder. . .before someone ends up dead. Trade Review“A unique legal thriller . . . Wood knows the ins and outs of prisons, courts, government witness programs . . . Gangland demonstrates graphically the tensions, frustrations, and personal dangers often endured by the families of crime victims.” —Deltona Enterprise (FL) “Compelling . . . a bloody showdown between manipulative killer and dedicated prosecutor from which no one emerges unscathed . . . Wood knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story, convincingly plotted and crisply told.” —San Diego Union “The nonstop action and relentless pace will satisfy fans of the hard-boiled thriller genre.” —Publishers Weekly “Suspense-filled . . . Realistic, fast-moving . . . Molina is the kind of criminal that you love to hate.” —Daily News (Newport News, VA)

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Book SynopsisA one-man crime wave is shaking the peaceful city of Santa Maria, California, and no place is safe. Kenny Trask, an unpredictable, high-strung, shockingly violent convict, has just escaped from prison and is intent on putting together enough cash to bankroll a new life for himself, his ex-cellmate, and the female defense attorney he believes they must “rescue.” Only one man is willing to stand in the way: Robby Medavoy, a cop who’s been called a hero, whose unorthodox style has fueled the resentment of rival officers and the suspicions of his superiors. With a contract on his life from his department’s SWAT team, Medavoy must put everything on the line to pull Trask in—his reputation, his survival, and, unexpectedly, the woman he comes to love.Trade Review“The author knows how to manipulate the legal angles and he keeps the story moving at a frantic pace.” —Richmond Times Dispatch ""Wood knows the ins and outs of prisons, courts, and government witness programs.” —Deltona Enterprise (FL) “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, Author of Helter Skelter “A natural storyteller!” —Norman Katkox, Author of Blood and Orchids “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World

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Book SynopsisWhile working on his doctorate degree, Sam Abbott invents two serums: one to prevent contagious diseases; the other to block the harmful effects of air pollution to lungs and bronchial tubes. He tries to get US drug companies to take an interest in his inventions, but they all sneer at him and turn him down. Buried in student loans, virtually penniless and weeks away from getting his doctorate, Sam contacts David Holloway, the second wealthiest man in the world. Sam needs financing to build his company. Three of America’s top drug companies want SAWWS (Sam Abbott World Wide Serum) Inc. slowed down due to the drastic drop in their profits caused by Abbott’s serums. Sterling Shear, a hard-working, corrupt, greedy, and conniving US Senator from Mississippi, is summoned by a law firm in NYC, which represents the three largest drug companies in the US. “Senator Shear, we need your help and we need it, now.” After ten years of managing the business, the Abbotts schedule a trip to New Zealand for a long-needed vacation. Jennifer comes up missing moments after Sam speaks with her from his cell phone. With Sam now the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance, he is on the run from authorities. Sam meets up with a female massage therapist, Cheryl Hanley, who is wanted for murder. They are later kidnapped and held for ransom---BY WHOM? China, Iran, Russia, the Taliban?Table of ContentsChapter 1 October Chapter 2 Five Minutes Later Chapter 3 Three Hours Later Chapter 4 The Same Day Chapter 5 Ten Years Earlier Chapter 6 The Investor Chapter 7 October—The Next Day Chapter 8 A Few Hours Later Chapter 9 Twenty-Six Years Earlier—Mississippi Chapter 10 March, The Previous Year Chapter 11 Thursday Evening—New York City Chapter 12 June—Washington D.C. Chapter 13 October—Lake Champlain Chapter 14 Father and Son Chapter 15 October—24 Hours Later Chapter 16 Three Years Ago—Macon, Georgia Chapter 17 The Escape Chapter 18 October 14th—Twiggs County, Georgia Chapter 19 Following the Escape Chapter 20 Atlanta Chapter 21 Somewhere in Tennessee Chapter 22 Sleeping Together Chapter 23 New Zealand—Eleven Years Earlier Chapter 24 Inseparable Chapter 25 Augusta—Eleven Years Ago Chapter 26 September Wedding Chapter 27 First Christmas Chapter 28 October—Waking Up Chapter 29 Chicago Chapter 30 New Identities Chapter 31 My Heart Froze Chapter 32 Losing Self Control Chapter 33 The Lady in Red Chapter 34 October—Langley, Virginia Chapter 35 On the Hot Seat Chapter 36 Thirty Minutes Later Chapter 37 The FBI is Here Chapter 38 Meeting with the President Chapter 39 The Journey Part Two Chapter 40 New Zealand Chapter 41 Third Day in New Zealand Chapter 42 Two Hours Later Chapter 43 Back at the Langham Hotel Chapter 44 Where Am I? Chapter 45 A Prayer is Answered Chapter 46 Meeting with the Enemy Chapter 47 FBI Office—Washington, D.C. Chapter 48 Brewer and Kelly Meeting Chapter 49 Breaking News Chapter 50 The Stock Market Chapter 51 Holloway’s Response Chapter 52 FBI Headquarters—Washington, D.C. Chapter 53 Operation Pinpoint Chapter 54 On the Ground Chapter 55 Ramstein Air Force Base

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Book SynopsisFORMER TEACHER HAD MOTIVE. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher Anna Crawford is stewing over the injustice at home when she is shocked to see herself named on television as a suspect in a shooting at the school where she works. Though she is quickly exonerated, and the actual teenage murderer identified, her life is nevertheless held up for relentless scrutiny and judgment as this quiet town descends into media mania. Gun sales skyrocket, victims are transformed into martyrs, and the rules of public mourning are ruthlessly enforced. Anna decides to wholeheartedly reject the culpability she’s somehow been assigned, and the rampant sexism that comes with it, both in person and online. A piercing feminist howl written in trenchant prose, How to Be Safe is a compulsively readable, darkly funny exposé of the hypocrisy that ensues when illusions of peace are shattered.Trade Review"Tom McAllister’s How to Be Safe is as startling as the crack of a bullet. The story’s volatile tone tears through the despair of our era’s devotion to guns. . . . Like nothing else I’ve read, How to Be Safe contains within its slim length the rubbed-raw anxieties, the slips of madness, the gallows humor and the inconsolable sorrow of this national pathology that we have nursed to monstrous dimensions." -- Ron Charles - The Washington Post"Anna sees that something is rotten in these United States, and she refuses to gloss over it. . . . [How To Be Safe’s] brutal honesty befits the times." -- Sarah Begley - TIME"Scalding. . . .[How to Be Safe] captures the unreality and absurdity of the American mass-murder playbook. . . . In McAllister’s passion and exhaustion, in his struggle to communicate the incommunicable, one hears murmurs of Emma González’s speech at the protest on Saturday." -- Katy Waldman - New Yorker"Vicious, hilarious, shocking and sad, How to Be Safe is biting political satire that levels its targets, soft and hard. Tom McAllister's vision of a violent, pious, hysterical America is worthy of Denis Johnson, Margaret Atwood and, yes, Mark Twain." -- Stewart O'Nan, author of The Speed Queen"Explosive, senseless, and utterly chaotic, Tom McAllister's How to Be Safe depicts the aftermath of a school shooting in a way that sadly befits the times. His book centers on Anna, an English teacher stunned to see herself named as a suspect. Her anger, which threads the book, is cathartic." -- Entertainment Weekly"A gutting, shocking novel that circles a small-town tragedy, How to Be Safe is one of the most highly acclaimed novels of the year thus far. When she becomes the primary suspect in a school shooting, English teacher Anna Crawford is suddenly subjected to cruel, relentless scrutiny, sexism, and judgment — even after she's exonerated of the crime." -- Bustle"Haunting." -- O, The Oprah Magazine"Combining a deep character study, prescient satire, and an unfortunately all-too-timely evisceration of U.S. gun culture, McAllister’s well-voiced and remarkably observed page-turner is in almost all ways an anti-thriller—itself a comment on the current, terrifying mundanity of similar events." -- Booklist, starred review"It's heartening to see a male writer explore the issue [of toxic masculinity] with such nuance. McAllister deserves tremendous credit for his perceptive work here. . . . The author's indictment of a violent, paranoid society is searing." -- Shawna Seed - Dallas Morning News"This darkly humorous primal scream of a novel takes as its subject the madness of modern American life. . . . this book is compelling from start to finish." -- Library Journal, starred review"Brilliant, tragically timely . . . . This novel is an indictment of gun culture, hot-take journalism, and social media, and if that sounds like a miserable premise for a novel, fear not: McAllister is a brave and stylish writer, and Anna is a singular creation. . . . Intensely smart. Sharply written." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"How to be Safe is a blistering indictment of America's insanity: our devotion to guns, our addiction to masculinity, our obsession with muscling our way toward an exceptionalism built upon our own inflated sense of self. Tom McAllister is an exceptionally talented novelist: funny, biting, and bold. I'd be inclined to call him a satirist if not for the fact that every word in this novel is true." -- Wiley Cash, author of The Last Ballad"This is one of those books you don't know if you can read, and then after you don't know how you lived in a world without it. It's chock full of the things that are killing us: mass shootings, misogyny, the internet, media frenzies, tribalism. And it's so wonderful - so furious and so funny and urgent and needed in this mad ugly space we're sharing with each other. I can't believe this book was written by a man - but I'm so happy Tom McAllister wrote it." -- Amber Sparks, author of The Unfinished World"A kaleidoscopic portrait of a Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of a school shooting, How to Be Safe is a haunting bulletin from the fever dream that is the contemporary United States, a nation on the verge of self-destruction. Former teacher Anna Crawford is very reasonably at her wit's end, and her vision of her hometown is relentlessly dark and relentlessly beautiful, and also, don't shoot me, relentlessly funny. Tom McAllister's searing novel won't make you feel safe, but it will almost certainly make you feel connected to everyone who knows that everything must change." -- Katherine Hill, author of The Violet Hour

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Book SynopsisMessianic Reveal dives deeply into Sunni and Shia Islam from a political perspective telling a unique story that demystifies for the reader Islam’s hold in the Arab world. Messianic Reveal intelligently and compassionately, and at times humorously, narrates the story of an unexceptional young man of integrity who seeks simply to serve his country, and in so doing follows his instincts into a labyrinth of conspiracies. Most telling is that Messianic Reveal launches from and connects to real events and real people: the 1979 siege of Mecca, Osama Bin Laden’s brother, Ayatollah Khomeini’s temporary residences in France and Iraq, and so on. The most extraordinary and compelling parts of this fictional account are true or otherwise widely believed in the Middle East, and largely come from Ethan T. Burroughs’ personal experiences and relationships with locals there. Throughout Messianic Reveal, readers are taken behind the scenes into the government’s bureaucratic and policy machinations, and the West’s grappling with Islam’s political influence.Trade Review“Ethan Burrough’s Messianic Reveal is a tight, well-thought-out thriller that immerses the reader in the politics, ideologies, and theologies that emanate from the Middle East. While presenting many historical facts of the region, and discussing Islamic theology from Sunni and Shia points of view, it still reads much like a book by Tom Clancy or Joel Rosenberg. All while giving a fascinating account of what it’s like to be a U.S. foreign service officer. Definitely recommended.”- Cliff Smith, Washington Project Director, Middle East Forum"Messianic Reveal is a Clayton Haley action-packed political adventure that should be high on the reading lists of anyone who would absorb the history, culture, and politics of the clashes between Shia and Sunni forces in the Arab world...Messianic Reveal is a powerfully-written, fact-backed suspense story that reviews the challenges of American diplomacy and perceptions, the realities of life in the Middle East, and the special assignments and conundrums of one man who finds himself caught in the middle of it all, acting as a pivot point in a series of extraordinary encounters." - Midwest Book Review

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Book SynopsisAs the continuation novel of the already wildly successful and acclaimed 2019 four state regional bestseller, El Paso Sunrise which ended with a surprise and totally unexpected cliff-hanger, the much anticipated El Paso Sunset continues the Steven Vandorol saga. Within El Paso Sunset, Steven and his friend, Vanessa Carson, face their worst nightmare of rape, kidnapping, and murder during the ultimate crisis of a Second American Civil War started by dark, sinister, and shadowy forces and only Steven and Vanessa stand in the way. El Paso Sunset is the second and continuation of two stand-alone novels that together make a story of love, passion, obsession, intense hate, pure evil, violence, and horror, all brought keenly alive against the panorama of the radical transformation of the great American Constitutional Republic.Trade Review“…will definitely capture the imagination and perhaps serve as a persuasive wake-up call for the nation to reunite and reinforce its global position as a strong and fully unified United States of America.” - Lone Star Reviews

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Book SynopsisThe tragic death of his boss thrusts Brandon into leading the most ambitious project ever undertaken by a country. Even this Harvard MBA and highly sought-after project manager hardly considers himself worthy of supporting the President of the United States on such a monumental endeavor. Forced to overcome his weakness and self-doubt, Brandon must rise to a new calling. Outraged and exhausted by political corruption, the citizens are demanding that the nation’s capital be stripped of the lawless powerbrokers who control it. Brandon puts those closest to him in harm’s way when he shares the president’s unshaken commitment to build a new city across twenty square miles in the middle of nowhere. “Think…Dubai.” He must trust his team completely to avoid the largest project failure in human history. But can he? For those who enjoy the fast-paced excitement, intrigue, and mysterious twists of John Grisham or Tom Clancy novels, will love Kéntro, the first installment in Terry Stafford’s suspenseful Brandon McStocker series.

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Book SynopsisEl Paso Sunrise is the first of two stand-alone novels that together make a story of love, passion, obsession, intense hate, pure evil, violence, and horror, all brought keenly alive against the panorama of the radical transformation of America. After the Second American Civil War, the country has been radically transformed by progressives, Muslim radicals, and the American left from a Constitutional Republic to a Marxist dictatorship led by a Muslim President. In El Paso, Texas, the Russian and Muslim terrorist assassination squad is on its way to kill Steven Vandorol, a lawyer leading the Texas prosecution of Federal government corruption. Steven had all but lost everything when he fell hard from grace in the ultra-rich Sunbelt. Escaping to Washington, D.C., he once again finds himself embroiled in evil, corruption, sexual obsession, and addiction before confronting his own demons to find peace and serenity in El Paso … but can he force his country and the government to face their demons before it’s too late? Retired lawyer Louis Bodnar portrays a future with the literal choking of Canada, Great Britain, Europe, the Middle East, and particularly the sovereign state of Israel by Islamist radicals, ISIL, Hezbollah, Hamas and the spreading malignancy of worldwide Islamist Muslim Caliphate. It is a story of excruciating pain, complex emotions, crisis, and survival that draws darkly profound conclusions about today’s crumbling American society. While El Paso Sunrise is a graphic story about evil in this world, it is also a timeless love story about goodness, faith, grace, and friendship blossoming during a national emergency—a clarion call to the world to remember what truly matters.Trade Review“Across both [El Paso Sunrise and its sequel, El Paso Sunset], the author presents many well-developed characters that deliver hardened and even ruthless action, dark comedy, betrayal, love, and several strong friendships.” - Lone Star Reviews

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