Three books from bestselling author Steven Becker

Wood’s Reef
It's easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis was doing his best to keep a low profile: diving, fishing, and enough salvage work to pay his bills. It's a good life until he discovers something while spearfishing that could change the pristine Keys forever. His drunken crewman soon lets out the secret and his life is instantly changed. A corrupt presidential candidate will do whatever it takes to hide his secret. An exiled coke dealing terrorist sees this as his opportunity to redeem himself. A local con man loyal only to himself is looking for a quick payoff. When Mac's friend and mentor is injured, his estranged daughter reluctantly comes to his aid. The two soon put aside their differences and join forces to bury the secret where it won't be found.

Wood’s Wall
Mac Travis is laying low: Fishing, Diving and doing enough salvage work to pay his bills until three fishermen trolling the Gulf Stream discover a square grouper. Besides the drugs, the package contains a secret that changes their lives and jeopardizes the very existence of the Keys. When his wayward deckhand brings him part of the package, he and his girlfriend Mel, are drawn into the chase that has dire consequences for the Keys.

Wood’s Wreck
Mac Travis is doing enough salvage work to pay his bills until he is forced to save his name and everything he owns. When a down on her luck trust fund heiress and his wayward deckhand are caught using his boat to poach lobster, both his boat and house are confiscated. The plot thickens when Mac and his girlfriend Mel, discover a connection between her non-profit’s money laundering scheme and a CIA ring smuggling baseball players from Cuba.

The forces collide in this action-packed thriller box set featuring plenty of boating, SCUBA diving, fishing and flavored with a generous dose of Conch Republic counterculture.

A new evil lurks in the darkness

After an explosion, the crew of a battlecruiser mysteriously disappears.

​This digital box set contains four exciting, action-packed books.

Corruption

After an explosion, the crew of a battlecruiser mysteriously disappears.

Bailey and Lewis, complete strangers, find themselves suddenly onboard the damaged ship. Lewis hasn’t worked a case in years, not since the final one broke his spirit and his bank account. The last thing Bailey remembers is preparing to take down a fugitive on Onyx Station.

Mysteries are harder to solve when there’s no evidence left behind.

Bailey and Lewis don’t know how they got onboard Ricky Bobby or why. However, they quickly learn that whatever was responsible for the explosion and disappearance of the crew is still on the ship.

Monsters are real and what this one can do changes everything.

The new team bands together to discover what happened and how to fight the monster lurking in the bottom of the battlecruiser.

Investigation

A new evil lurks in the darkness.
The missing crew of Ricky Bobby are being held in the Precious Galaxy.  

The rescue team must quickly orient themselves with this new territory, which isn’t governed by Federation law. The neighboring natives are on the defense, having recently been attacked by a strange, black monster.

More startling, the population of an entire planet has been wiped out. Once again, no trace left behind.

Bailey and Lewis know where the databases are located that hold the crew. However, Solomon Vance isn’t making this easy. 

An important factor is missing. Without it, the rescue efforts are futile.

When Monstre and Starboards Corp learn that the new team is after them, it’s a race to rescue the crew before the game completely changes. Solomon Vance has power, technology and a monster that does his bidding.

Determination
Bailey and Lewis are more determined than ever to find Ricky Bobby’s missing crew.

Monstre Corp knows they are on the hunt, and Solomon Vance isn’t letting them get close.

The monster is still out there, a threat they can’t stop.

Jack decides the only way to win is to fake their own deaths.

If Vance believes they’re dead, he’ll let down his guard.

An epic battle ensues when the crew returns to Starboards Corp with two missions: free the children and take down the evil corporation. Timing is everything. And not getting blown up is absolutely key.

Obliteration

The crew is relieved by Dejoure’s perplexing ability to soothe the monster, but that won’t keep them safe for long.

Precious Galaxy Coffee Company is under constant attack.

Someone wants to take out the biggest giant in the galaxy.

The team goes after the other databases only to learn something that changes everything.

Vance is always one step ahead of them.

Not all hope is lost. Hatch brings back a key crew member; someone who can help them defeat Monstre Corp.

The last act of this heart-pounding series delivers a ton of action as Bailey and Lewis rush to save the crew before it’s too late. Everyone’s freedom is at stake. Vance would rather go down in a blaze, taking everything with him, then be defeated.

Experience this exciting mystery sci-fi saga and the latest addition to the expanded Kurtherian Gambit Universe. If you’re a fan of Dark Matter, Altered Carbon, or Star Wars, you’ll love this riveting new space opera.

Enter the Grishaverse with the #1 New York Times–bestselling Six of Crows.

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . . .

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo returns to the breathtaking world of the Grishaverse in this unforgettable tale about the opportunity—and the adventure—of a lifetime.

“Six of Crows is a twisty and elegantly crafted masterpiece that thrilled me from the beginning to end.” –New York Times-bestselling author Holly Black

“Six of Crows [is] one of those all-too-rare, unputdownable books that keeps your eyes glued to the page and your brain scrambling to figure out what’s going to happen next.” –Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra

“There's conflict between morality and amorality and an appetite for sometimes grimace-inducing violence that recalls the Game of Thrones series. But for every bloody exchange there are pages of crackling dialogue and sumptuous description. Bardugo dives deep into this world, with full color and sound. If you're not careful, it'll steal all your time.” —The New York Times Book Review

Praise for the Grishaverse

“A master of fantasy.” —The Huffington Post

“Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —The Guardian

“The best magic universe since Harry Potter.” —Bustle

“This is what fantasy is for.” —The New York Times Book Review

“[A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” —NPR

“The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” —USA Today

“There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” —Vanity Fair

“Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” —Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent

“Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” —Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series

“This is a great choice for teenage fans of George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien.” —RT Book Reviews

Read all the books in the Grishaverse!

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising

The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

It's Josie and the Pussycat Dolls meet New Orleans!

This action-packed boxed set is full of vampires, shifters, witches, and humans who just want to be normal and get a recording contract.

When Jenna, the lead singer of The Voodoo Dolls, learns the hard way that magic IS real, she and her three adopted sisters are thrust into the magical underbelly of The Big Easy.

Learning about vampires, wolf shifters, and witches is more than they can handle on their own. When a friend of theirs goes missing, they accept the help of the local wolf shifter pack and a sexy vampire in order to save their friend from a fate worse than death.

Grab your copy of The Voodoo Dolls boxed set and get the first 3 books along with the prequel in this set for one low price today!

New Orleans Magic, Book 1 -

Music, wolves, and vamps! Oh, my!

Two old friends from high school have appeared on their doorstep, desperate to find their missing sister. The Dolls aren't private investigators, but with the questionable help of a shady vampire, and a wolf shifter who has more than just a little allure, the Dolls risk their lives, and necks, to save the lost sister and prove to themselves the world they now live in is a force for good.

Hurricane of Magic, Book 2 -

More than a hurricane is coming...

Jenna and the Dolls are preparing for Hurricane Gertie while the vampires are preparing in a very different way.

A total of eight freshman girls from the local university go missing and the Dolls team up with Rico and his pack to find them.

Council of Magic, Book 3 -

Everyone knows that shifter DNA is dominant. So why can't Kat shift?

When a young woman comes to Kat and Jenna desperate for help with her boyfriend, they stumble upon something much bigger than just a cheating man. They find a monster - and one Rico and Damien thought they had already grappled with in the Big Easy. The creature was supposed to be dead. So what happened?

Magic's Not Real, Book 0 -

When magic IS real, what would you do to protect yourself?

Jenna and her three adopted sisters, the Voodoo Dolls, don’t believe magic is real. That is until someone tries to kill Jenna using a death curse. Rico and his pack of wolf-shifters are there when it happens. They jump in to protect Jenna and the Dolls, while going after the evil that tried to kill the beautiful lead singer.
 

He gave up his daughter years ago, but now he’ll risk his life to save hers.

Alex Mercer is no stranger to kidnappings. The emotional scars still run deep from his sister’s disappearance years earlier. His daughter Ariana remains safe long after her adoption, and he cherishes the few times a year he gets to see her. The joy is palpable when he takes her on their first one-on-one outing. At least until he pauses to answer a text and Ariana disappears…

Wracked with guilt and determined to find answers, Alex teams up with an unlikely ally at the police department. As the clues reveal a pattern of missing girls, the kidnapping case becomes a race against time to save Ariana. What cost is Alex willing to pay to keep his daughter alive?

Girl in Trouble is the first book in a series of thrilling stand-alone novels spun off from the USA Today bestselling Gone Trilogy. If you like heart-pounding suspense, page-turning action, and characters you’ll never forget, then you’ll love Stacy Claflin’s engrossing new series.

Read Girl in Trouble today!

★★★★★ "right up there with Hunger Games”
 

I’ve reached my expiration date. 
Not that it matters. We’re all going to die.

To sixteen-year-old Micka, all words have flavours. Her emotions come with such force that she can’t help but carve them into her skin. The night she decides to kill herself, she meets Runner -- a mysterious stranger who makes her question everything she’s learned about the end of the world.

His message is terrifying: It wasn’t some mysterious disease that killed ten billion people. We did this. Humanity sleepwalked into climate disaster and ecocide, just to butcher and rape until blood stained the seas.
Micka is sure Runner is lying. Her instincts urge her to stay far away from him. But he makes her an offer she finds hard to resist. There are only two rules she must follow:

Kill.
Survive.

Because the final wars were never meant to end.

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Available books in the 1/2986 Series:
Book 1: CUT
Book 2: FOG
Book 3: ICE
Book 4: coming soon
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More praise for the series:

★★★★★ "This author is amazing - non-stop, can't put it down writing."
★★★★★ "intense and unexpected."
★★★★★ "Tore my heart out."
★★★★★ "The strong female character is extremely rare and fresh."
★★★★★ "WOW!! Incredible!! Visceral!! One of the best books I've read in the genre."
★★★★★ “shockingly plausible”
★★★★★ "A MUST READ!"
★★★★★ "brutal, honest, heart-wrenching and beautiful.”
★★★★★ "a more grown up and realistic Hunger Games."
★★★★★ "It is darn near impossible to willingly put it down once begun."
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Award-winning author Annelie Wendeberg delivers a gritty dystopian series that brims with fast-paced action and suspense. Based in climate science, Micka’s world gives a terrifying glimpse into our possible future.

Warning: Contains violence and other content which may be triggering to readers.

He's Jack Reacher...with one eye and a hot deck of cards...an unforgettable hero who once saved souls and now deals death.

A mysterious, one-eyed stranger wanders into Farewell, New Mexico, a dusty border town rife with corruption. He’s known only as The Preacher, an ex-Priest, ex-Special Forces commando, and now a professional gambler who has given up on his own salvation … but is determined to find justice for a murdered Vietnam vet… even if it means taking on the entire, God forsaken town.

AN EDGAR AWARD FINALIST that critics hail as "distinctive and unique" (Bookgasm)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Nicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate O’Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail. At least that’s what everyone thinks. In reality, Fox and O’Hare are secretly working together to bring down super-criminals the law can’t touch. Criminals like brutal casino magnate Evan Trace.
 
Evan Trace is running a money-laundering operation through his casino in Macau. Some of his best customers are mobsters, dictators, and global terrorists. Nick and Kate will have to go deep undercover as high-stakes gamblers, wagering millions of dollars—and their lives—in an attempt to topple Trace’s empire.
 
It’s a scam that will take Fox and O’Hare from the Las Vegas strip, to the sun-soaked beaches of Oahu’s North Shore, and into the dark back alleys of Macau. Their only backup—a self-absorbed actor, a Somali pirate, and Kate’s father, an ex-soldier who believes a rocket launcher is the best way to solve every problem. What could possibly go wrong?

EVERYTHING COMES AT A COST…

Author Brent Towns keeps the action coming thick and fast, let’s you up for a breath and then drags you back in for more.

After he is betrayed and shoots the two most powerful men in the Irish Mob, John “Reaper” Kane is forced into hiding. He thinks Retribution, Arizona, is the perfect hiding place, but he is wrong. Underneath the old, crusty surface of the dying town, hides the Montoya Cartel, for they use it as a funnel to ship their drugs across the border.

Trying to lay low in a town gripped with lawlessness is impossible for the ex-recon marine, especially after the local sheriff is brutally murdered by the Montoya Cartel’s sicario, leaving an old friend, Deputy Sheriff Cara Billings, the only person standing between them and the town.

Things go from bad to worse when Kane is arrested by Cleaver, the deputy in the cartel’s pocket, for shooting a local gang member.

Enter DEA Agent Luis Ferrero who has expressed to his bosses for a long time the need for a task force to fight the cartels on their own ground. He’s about to get his wish, and to head up his team, he wants the Reaper.

A thrill ride that doesn’t let you go – Retribution is the first novel in the action-packed Reaper Series.

Follow a billionaire and his supposedly dead wife as they journey through the apocalypse where many people have developed extraordinary abilities in this new Adventure Romance Series!

Business tycoon Liam West never wanted for anything in his life, but when he laid eyes on Sienna Carmichael, he found one simple wish--to take her home and make her his wife. Fate granted him his wish and joined them in matrimony. Four years later, his once-happy home lies in shambles after murder strikes his family, robbing him of his wife and their unborn child.

Amy Monroe’s journalistic instincts told her something was wrong in Santa Brígida. The town had too many strange disappearances, mental breakdowns, and bizarre weather patterns. Yet none of these anomalies got much press coverage, let alone serious investigation.

Planning to write a career-making expose, Amy goes to Santa Brígida undercover to find out the truth. She suspects clandestine scientific experiments, but from the moment a key source disappears—together with the motel in which she met him—she realizes that what’s really happening may be stranger than she could ever imagine.

Striving relentlessly to uncover secrets, Amy runs the risk of discovering the truth—that some secrets should stay buried.

If you had to choose between your life and your dreams, would you ever wake up?

Alan Campbell thought he’d gotten his dream job working on a revolutionary VRMMORPG with Osmark Technologies, until the project was canceled. He has one weekend to dive into an untested world full of intrigue, violence, and corruption to prove that Viridian Gate Online works, but the AIs running the game have their own plans for his soul.

Set a year before the events of “Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm,” The Illusionist: Nomad Soul takes you back to when VGO was just a game, or so it seemed.

From James A. Hunter—author of Viridian Gate Online, Rogue Dungeon, and War God's Mantle—and D.J. Bodden, author of The Black Year Series, comes an epic new entry into the Expanded Universe of Viridian Gate Online that you won't want to put down!

A devastating sacrifice. A daring rescue. A new world of magic unveiled.

As a fourteen-year-old outsider girl in the Worker village, Isika is destined for endless drudgery, serving her priest stepfather and worshiping the four goddesses of the Worker people. She doesn't fit in and she hates the goddesses, but her mother is dead, and her three remaining siblings need her to be good and keep them safe. She can't think of anything beyond surviving each day and trying to avoid her stepfather's wrath.

Until he decides to sacrifice her youngest brother to the goddesses. And Isika decides that enough is enough.

She sets out on a journey to save her brother, facing an unknown world outside the walls of the Worker village. In the new world, ancient gifts awaken within her as she finds more beauty and more trouble than she could have imagined. To save her brother, she will have to trust the magical creatures and mysterious new friends who have come to guide her.

What's more, as she learns to love her new place in the world, she will have to learn to control magic that could be the key to her destiny and the fate of everyone around her.

Perfect for fans of Madeleine L'Engle, the Chronicles of Narnia, and Robin McKinley. Buy your copy to begin the adventure today!

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF A DRUG KINGPIN WANTED TO MURDER YOU?

DEA Special Agent Jackson Parker does what it takes to keep vermin off the streets and our kids safe from drugs.

But now the most vicious sociopath he ever brought to justice wants him dead.

And the crossfire between good and evil threatens the intriguing woman Jack desires.

If you love sexy romantic thrillers with explosive surprises and edge-of-your-seat suspense, grab a copy of DEADLY PURSUIT today!

"Ann Christopher gets it right every time. Emotional, page-turning reads and characters that stay with you long after you close the book."
—Lori Foster, NYT Bestselling Author

"Ann Christopher's gift with words will leave you captivated and breathless."
—Brenda Jackson, NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author

"[An] exciting romantic thriller...[with a] thrilling conclusion."
—Publisher's Weekly

"This is a thrilling, taut drama with a classic on-the-run adventure, a noble hero, a smart heroine and a villain with no redeeming social values. There's enough material here for at least one more book and that's a good thing as readers will be looking forward to the next installment."
—Romantic Times BOOKreviews

“Thrilling. Relentless. Sexy. Romantic suspense for fans of Karen Robards, Lisa Jackson and Karen Rose.
—Eve Silver, National Bestselling Author

Ann Christopher’s DEADLY Series (IMPORTANT NOTE: these books are tightly plotted and should be read in order)--

Book 1: Deadly Pursuit

Book 2: Deadly Desires

Book 3: Deadly Secrets

We are writing with some fabulous news! ICE has been named the Winner in the ACTION/ADVENTURE category of the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Congratulations!"
Next Generation Indie Book Awards

The debut bestseller that has sold more than 300,000 Kindle and paperback versions!

ICE!
Archaeologist Leah Andrews stumbles upon something inexplicable in southwestern New Mexico: inside a dark cavern lies an undiscovered, Native American cliff dwelling abandoned for 800 years. While twisting through one of the narrow underground passageways, Leah’s flashlight illuminates the remains of a violent massacre.

Ancient human remains—all slaughtered in a long-ago massacre—cover the cavern floor, along with a number of brilliantly colored, granite crystals. The rare crystals are native to only one place on earth: a frozen mountain range in central Antarctica.

Could Native Americans have traveled to the frozen continent of Antarctica 800 years prior to the first known human exploration? If so how? And why?

There’s only one person who can get Leah to those mountains in Antarctica: her estranged husband and climbing guide Jack Hobson.

At their destination they make a stunning discovery that will change history and science forever. But Leah’s team is far from the only interested party.

As her secret makes its way to the highest levels of government, a race to seize the Russian-claimed Antarctic territory brings the world to the brink of nuclear conflict.

THINK INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS MEETS THE X-FILES..AND PREPARE TO SHAKE IN YOUR SHOES!

Random, increasing violence plagues the town. People have gone missing. Bodies are piling up. Paranormal investigator Eddie McCloskey can’t trust anyone.

Something inexplicable is happening in this edge-of-your–seat supernatural thriller, which starts with suspense, sneaks in a few chills, moves on to thrills, and ends in a melee of outright screaming horror. A few highlights:

The man's daughter isn't possessed. But Eddie can't tell him that.

The people aren't actually missing. They're hiding. But Eddie can't tell the cops that.

And Eddie’s got a personal issue: He’s forced to work with someone from his past--an extremely dangerous psychic he never wants to see again.

He's in way over his head. But he sure, can't tell that to the deep-cover team of federal agents that pepper the landscape.

This paranormal-mystery-horror-thriller’s got elements of all the great zombie movies, plus the X-Files, and even Men in Black, except that there are no aliens here—and it's definitely not a comedy! This is a deadly serious every-man-for-himself horror spooker. Oh, and by the way, there are no zombies as well as no aliens—the explanation is even more strange. And decidedly more chilling. Because, believe us, it could happen here!

WHO WILL LIKE IT: horror and zombie fans, lovers of paranormal mysteries and supernatural thrillers, in particular the kind of old-movie fans who love to kick back with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD or even BEVERLY HILLS BODYSNATCHERS. Stephen King and Dean Koontz fans will be in horror heaven!

MI6 created him. Now they want him dead.

John Milton was the man the government sent to deal with problems that couldn't be fixed by legal means. Ten years of service left their mark: he has blood on his hands, a drink problem and he’s ready to retire. Unfortunately for him, his is not the sort of job you can just quit. Milton knows too much. Much too much.

Milton flees and goes underground in the East End of London. A young mother needs his help to save her son from a life on the street. But the gang that has taken the boy in, and the charismatic criminal who leads it, are not about to cooperate. As London burns through summer riots, Milton finds himself in unfamiliar territory, dealing with a dangerous foe.

And when his employer sends another agent after him, the odds against him are stacked even higher.

If you like Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp, and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, you won't be able to put down the compulsively addictive John Milton series.

Levi is a "fixer" in a fix.

The CIA needs his help. The Russian mob wants him dead.

With enemies closing in and nowhere to turn, he learns that the one person who may hold all the answers ... is his dead wife.
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Brief Synopsis:

Levi Yoder is a member of the Mafia and a fixer of people’s problems. He takes on issues where the law is otherwise unable to help.

Unfortunately, Levi can’t fix the problem he’s facing.

Having been diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer, Levi readies himself for death, but what he didn’t prepare himself for was waking up one morning and learning that he’s in complete remission.

PERIMETER is a story of a man thrust back into a life he’d assumed was over.

When he finds that he and the rest of his family are targets of what the CIA claims are elements of the Russian mob, Levi reluctantly agrees to help in whatever way he can.

As Levi immerses himself in the seedy underbelly of international organized crime and politics, he learns that he’s being targeted for something his now-dead wife
did.

It’s quickly evident that the people he knows can’t be trusted and the problems he needs to fix may be beyond his substantial skills.

SOLDIERS, SORCERERS, AND MONSTERS...THIS IS WORLD WAR ONE LIKE YOU’VE NEVER IMAGINED IT.

It’s 1916, and the world is on fire.

The Great War has already consumed much of the globe, but a second, secret war between sorcerers threatens to crack it in two. The ruling families of Germany and Austria-Hungary, those with the chill of magic in their blood, will stop at nothing in their quest for power, and they’ve drawn the entire world into a bloody war because of it.

But Florence Cavell—codename Geist—means to stop them. She had to defy her family, cut her hair, and disguise herself as a man to join the legendary Ethereal Squadron: a joint US-UK division of the allied powers’ mightiest sorcerers. Armed with her powerful specter sorcery, which allows her to “ghost” through bullets and barbed wire alike, Geist fights a tireless battle to end the war once and for all.

But then the Germans unleash the Grave-Maker Gas, a concoction so deadly it destroys everything it touches and transforms even the strongest sorcerers into terrible monsters. Even her ghostly magic can’t resist the gas’s corrosive power, and it costs Geist everything she loves—her team, her friends, even the use of an arm.

This is the new weapon that could end the war—and give the Germans the world.

Now Geist must risk it all to lead a new team deep into hostile territory to discover the source of this terrifying new technology before the enemy sets it loose upon the world. Will she be able to stop the Grave-Maker Gas before it’s too late...or will the secrets of her past finally catch up with her?

Fans of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, Airborn by Kenneth Oppel, Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole, and The Roar by Emma Clayton will love this book.
 

"Rothe gives us a wonderfully descriptive ride through the character's mindset as he copes with each impending event." --Suspense Magazine

Why would he deliberately publish novel after novel? Why when he knew someone close to him would suffer? Or did he know? Did he truly understand the demons that stir inside him? When Mr. Blacke speaks... people listen. He is one of the greatest authors of our time, spinning webs of witty words and fascinating tales. But with a dire consequence. And when he finally elects to hermit himself from the outer world, a case of the writer's block strikes. This forces Mr. Blacke to return to civilization, seeking the inspiration needed to finish his latest masterpiece, All Roads Lead to Damascus. But what he finds is more than he bargains for-a muse worthy of loving. And if history is said to repeat itself, what lies ahead...