USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood brings us his most page-turning psychological thriller yet. "Scream and I'll cut your throat." In an instant, Ashley's life changes forever. Two dangerous criminals have escaped from maximum-security prison. Taken as their hostage, Ashley has to play their game if she wants to save her family — and herself. But they've underestimated Ashley. She'll do anything to survive. PRAISE FOR ABDUCTED: "Abducted is a quick, tight thriller that moves like the wind and keeps you guessing. Just when you think you know the score, you don't." —Joseph D'Agnese, Derringer Award-winning author of The Mesmerist

Abducted

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Swartwood, Robert

Thrillers & Suspense

RMS Press

USA TODAY Bestseller Five years ago Elizabeth Piccioni's husband was arrested for being a serial killer. Her life suddenly turned upside down, she did what she thought was best for her newborn baby: she took her son and ran away to start a new life. Now, living in a quiet part of the Midwest with a new identity, Elizabeth is ready to start over. But one day she receives a phone call from a person calling himself Cain. Cain somehow knows about her past life. He has abducted her son, and if Elizabeth wants to save him she must retrieve her husband's trophies -- the fingers he cut off each of his victims. With a deadline of one hundred hours, Elizabeth has no choice but to return to the life she once fled, where she will soon realize that everything she thought she knew is a lie, and what's more shocking than Cain's identity is the truth about her husband. Praise for The Serial Killer's Wife: "This is a scary, thrilling, page-turning, race-against-the-clock novel if ever there was one, with a true shocker of an ending. Miss this one at your own peril." -- Blake Crouch, author of Pines and Wayward "An explosive summer thriller. Robert Swartwood is a sharp writer, his prose lean and mean as a razor blade. He notches up the tension from chapter to chapter like a master storyteller, keeping you reading long into the night." -- The Man Eating Bookworm

The Serial Killer's Wife

Createspace Independent Pub

When eighteen-year-old Christopher Myers' parents are murdered, something is written on his bedroom door, a mark in his parents' blood that convinces the police the killer has targeted Christopher as the next victim. To keep him safe, he travels away with his estranged grandmother and uncle to the small town of Bridgton, New York. And it's in Bridgton that he meets an extraordinary young man who has come with his father to stop an unrelenting evil. Soon Christopher learns of the town's deep dark secret, and how his parents' murder was no accident, and how he has been brought to Bridgton by forces beyond his power -- forces that just may threaten the destruction of all mankind. Praise for The Calling:"The Calling is a powerful, gripping and terrifying novel, the sort that possesses your whole life while you're reading it; it'll stalk you through the day, and inform your dreams. Swartwood has delivered a novel that will become a classic." -- Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author of The Silence "Robert Swartwood's The Calling is a diabolical rocket sled of a psychological thriller. Told through the vivid, almost druggy point of view of a young man on the edge, tangled in a web of tragedy and surreal horror, Swartwood's novel gets under the skin and stays there. Highly recommended." -- Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor"This novel is small town horror at its best." -- Hellnotes

The Calling: A Supernatural Thriller

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood, the first book in an exciting trilogy ...Ben Anderson goes to bed Sunday night, lying next to his wife in the comfort and safety of their Pennsylvania family home, to wake up the next day in a rundown motel in California -- alone.He doesn't know how he got there, he doesn't know where his family is, and written in dried blood on the bathroom door are the words LET THE GAME BEGIN.Soon Ben is contacted by Simon. Simon knows all there is to know about Ben, more than he cares to remember himself. If Ben wants to save himself and his family, he will have to do everything Simon says. As the game begins -- with stakes much higher than either man can imagine -- no one knows where it will lead or how it will end.Only one thing is for certain: this time the game will change everything.Man of Wax is the first book in a thriller trilogy where every day men and women must fight a power that threatens to destroy the world.Praise for Man of Wax:"Man of Wax grabs you by the throat in the first chapter and never lets go. A suspense-filled thrill ride with plenty of shocks along the way. Read it!" -- F. Paul Wilson, author of the Repairman Jack Novels "One of the best 'scary' stories I have read this year ... great job, I loved it." -- The Parents Little Black Book of Books "The action gets pumped up through the roof." -- Pajiba

Man of Wax

From USA TODAY bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes the exciting second book in the Man of Wax Trilogy ...Two years ago Ben Anderson woke up in a rundown motel, three thousand miles from home, his family missing, and the words LET THE GAME BEGIN written in blood on the back of the bathroom door.Now, with his past life gone, Ben has become a soldier in Carver Ellison's army against Caesar.But when a mission goes wrong and one of their team members is murdered, it's the last cryptic word spoken that will lead Ben and the team one step closer to the Inner Circle -- a step that may bring them salvation ... or get them all killed.With his trademark action and suspense, Robert Swartwood has delivered his most ambitious thriller yet.Praise for The Inner Circle:"The Inner Circle is a crafty, clever, white-knuckle thriller. If you haven't yet read Swartwood, you're missing out." --Brian Keene, bestselling author of The Rising and Ghoul"Not for the faint of heart." --Cannonball Read

The Inner Circle (Man of Wax Trilogy)

A mysterious man appears in town ... a man only children can see. A young boy's heart does not beat ... just like everyone else's in the world. A group of teenagers find an old woman in a cavern ... and a tunnel that leads to another dimension. Two boys on the run from an abusive father stumble across an empty farmhouse ... a farmhouse haunted by more than just memories. As Robert Swartwood proves in his first full-length collection, illusions are all around us. Some are real. Some are terrifying.Real Illusions is 80,000 words and contains ten stories (including the novellas The Man on the Bench, Through the Guts of a Beggar, and The Silver Ring), as well as a special author introduction and story notes. Praise for Robert Swartwood: "Robert Swartwood is the next F. Paul Wilson -- if F. Paul Wilson's DNA was spliced with Michael Marshall Smith. If you haven't yet read Swartwood, you're missing out." -- Brian Keene

Real Illusions: Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Things are bad for Clay Miller and George Hitchens. For starters, they’re on the run from a posse out for blood. Then, as they ride through the Utah desert, the two come across the crumpled body of a young boy on the brink of death. The boy can’t speak, but it’s clear he’s frightened of something nearby. When asked what’s got him so scared, the terrified boy writes three letters in the dirt … DED By nightfall, Clay and George are tied up in jail. They can’t move. They can’t speak. They can do nothing but listen to the boy, outside, screaming for his life. Yes, things are bad for Clay and George. And they’re only going to get worse.

Walk the Sky

Silva, David B.

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood, a heart-pounding conspiracy thriller of riveting mystery and suspense.A message courier pushed into the path of a train. A young woman commits a terrible act of violence. A family man puts a gun to his head.John Smith suspects these aren't random events -- someone engineered them. But who -- or what? And why is John Smith their next target?PRAISE FOR LEGION AND ROBERT SWARTWOOD"Legion is an excellent thriller that does what most thrillers set out to do. Keep the readers hooked with a fast paced story, sprinkled heavily with jaw-dropping twists that end on a climax, which will leave the readers wanting more." --Fantasy Book Critic"Robert Swartwood is the next F. Paul Wilson -- if F. Paul Wilson's DNA was spliced with Michael Marshall Smith. If you haven't yet read Swartwood, you're missing out." --Brian Keene, bestselling author of The Rising and Ghoul"Robert Swartwood is a sharp writer, his prose lean and mean as a razor blade. He notches up the tension from chapter to chapter like a master story-teller, keeping you reading long into the night." --The Man Eating Bookworm"An exceptional novelist." --Douglas Clegg, New York Times bestselling author of The Hour Before Dark and Neverland"This is a scary, thrilling, page-turning, race-against-the-clock novel if ever there was one, with a true shocker of an ending. Miss this one at your own peril." --Blake Crouch, bestselling author of Pines on The Serial Killer's Wife"Man of Wax grabs you by the throat in the first chapter and never lets go. A suspense-filled thrill ride with plenty of shocks along the way. Read it!" --F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of the Repairman Jack novels"Excellent -- memorable and something I'll read more than once." --Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist on No Shelter

Legion

Meet Holly Lin. Nanny by day. Assassin by night.Holly Lin is living two lives. To her friends and family, she's a pleasant, hardworking nanny. To her boss and colleagues, she's one of the best non-sanctioned government assassins in the world.But when a recent mission goes wrong causing one of her team members to die, she realizes she might no longer be cut out for the work -- except the mission, as it turns out, is only half over, and to complete it will take her halfway across the world and bring her face to face with a ghost from her past.Things are about to get personal. And as Holly Lin's enemies are about to find out, she is not a nanny they want to piss off.Praise for No Shelter:"Excellent -- memorable and something I'll read more than once." -- Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist"No Shelter is part mystery, part thriller suspense, and all kinds kick ass!" -- The Man Eating Bookworm

No Shelter: A Holly Lin Novel

Nova is a free man. Having just walked away as a non-sanctioned hit man for the U.S. government, he's purchased a classic Mustang to drive across the country. But when his car breaks down in the middle of the Nevada desert, Nova ends up in the small town of Parrot Spur. There's something strange about Parrot Spur. Something ... off. Maybe it's the fact the town is full of ex-servicemen. Maybe it's the fact the abandoned mine might not be abandoned. Maybe it’s the fact the knockout brunette in the bar is clearly more than what she seems. In the end, none of it matters. What matters — and what Nova is soon going to learn — is that in the desert, the only thing that rains is bullets.

Bullet Rain: A Nova Bartkowski Novel

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