On the Norwegian sea, an icebreaker forges its way through frozen waters to a remote island in the Arctic, carrying a scientific team that hopes to unearth the bodies of long-dead miners. Washington Post reporter Frank Daly has the story of a lifetime. But his plan to join the scientists on their historic mission is ruined by a ferocious storm. When he meets up with the ship upon its return to port in Norway, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong. Fear haunts the faces of the crew. No one will talk. And someone wants Daly to stop asking questions. But the more he uncovers, the more dangerous the stakes become. Until at last he comes face-to-face with a shocking secret, a secret that pitches him into a harrowing race to prevent nothing less than . . . apocalypse.

The First Horseman: A Novel of Suspense

Literature & Fiction

Hougan, Carolyn

Case, John

Hougan, Jim

Contemporary

Ballantine Books

Divorcee Claire Brooks joins forces with two U.S. intelligence operatives in an attempt to prevent the assassination of a major world leader, in a story of international intrigue, espionage, and violence

Shooting in the Dark

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Fawcett

The Romeo Flag

Neil Walker, an ex-CIA agent, helps Nicola Ward, a divorced schoolteacher, investigate the contents of a trunk, which reveals evidence of a secret Russian spy ring

Blood Relative

"Suspenseful . . . A dark and disturbing thriller." San Francisco Chronicle At sixteen, Mariah Ebinger is a bright American teenager. She does not dream of the terrible tragedy for which she will soon be called to account, by a man from a far-off country where evil was once made manifest, a man who cannot live in peace until Mariah is dead.

"Suspenseful . . . A dark and disturbing thriller." San Francisco Chronicle At sixteen, Mariah Ebinger is a bright American teenager. She does not dream of the terrible tragedy for which she will soon be called to account, by a man from a far-off country where evil was once made manifest, a man who cannot live in peace until Mariah is dead. From the Paperback edition.

United States

The First Horseman

In the Book of Revelations, the Four Horsemen herald the arrival of the Apocalypse. When the First Horseman thunders forth, pestilence will spread throughout the land. For the First Horseman is Plague. . . . With the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Genesis Code, John Case gave us a compelling, chillingly plausible novel of suspense that readers devoured in one sitting. Now Case once again combines cutting-edge science with political intrigue in a thriller even more terrifying--a journey into a nightmare so frighteningly believable that it might just happen tomorrow. The Spanish Flu killed forty million people worldwide in 1918. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself, a scientific expedition speeds toward a remote island in the Arctic Sea to recover strains of the lethal virus preserved under layers of ice. For Washington Post reporter Frank Daly, it is the story of a lifetime. But his plan to join the expedition is ruined by a ferocious storm that delays him. And when he meets up with the ship upon its return to port in Norway, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong. Fear haunts the faces of the crew. No one will talk. And someone wants Daly to stop asking questions. But if there's a wall around the facts, Daly will batter it down. Persistent and resourceful, he knows how to get answers when none are given. Yet the more he uncovers, the more dangerous the stakes become. Until at last he comes face-to-face with a shocking secret, pitching him into a harrowing race to prevent nothing less than . . . apocalypse. Gripping, heartpounding, The First Horseman hurtles through jolting twists of plot to reveal an enemy as ominous as the darkest prophecy. A knockout thriller, here is a novel of unrelenting suspense you will find hard to put down--and even harder to forget.

"Suspenseful . . . A dark and disturbing thriller." San Francisco ChronicleAt sixteen, Mariah Ebinger is a bright American teenager. She does not dream of the terrible tragedy for which she will soon be called to account, by a man from a far-off country where evil was once made manifest, a man who cannot live in peace until Mariah is dead.From the Paperback edition.

Random House Value Publishing

Divorcee Claire Brooks joins forces with two U.S. intelligence operatives in an attempt to prevent the assassination of a major world leader, in a story of international intrigue, espionage, and violence

Simon&Schuster

Neil Walker, an ex-CIA agent, helps Nicola Ward, a divorced schoolteacher investigate the contents of an old trunk, which reveals evidence of a secret Russian spy ring

Genre Fiction

Felony & Mayhem Press

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