The Alpha Deception

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The greatest thriller writer alive today puts rogue agent Blaine McCracken in the sights of a space-borne superweapon in this Cold War nail-biter (Bookviews).

In the last years of the Cold War, policy and trust for the Russians have led to disarmament treaties and hope for a new beginning. But peace is not yet within grasp. An entire American town has been wiped off the map: not by nuclear strike, but rather a space-borne particle cannon capable of reducing the entire nation to dust in hours.But who pulled the trigger Was it the Russians, making a final bid for world domination Or was it a third powersome aspiring conqueror hoping to pit the superpowers against each otherIts up to Blaine McCracken to find out. An old flame has contacted the rogue op, begging for help protecting her father, a jeweler who has just been robbed of five rare stonesfive rubies that could mean life or death for the United States.

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The greatest thriller writer alive today. Bookviews

Jon Land shows a true feel for detective work and the irony of pursuing elusive principles of justice.TheNew York Times Book Review

Lands pacing is masterful, giving the reader a sense that he is watching an action movie. The Providence Sunday Journal

The comparisons with Tom Clancy are ill-placed . . . Land clearly writes better. Boston Book Review

Land is one of the best all-out action writers in the business.Los Angeles Review of Books

Nobody writes action like Jon Land, and few other authors can touch him for steamroller plots about real people and powerful, true-to-life issues.John Lescroart,New York Timesbestselling author

Jon Land proves yet again that suspense has a new king.James Rollins,New York Timesbestselling author

Land is one of the best thriller writers out there.Library Journal

Author Bio

Jon Land is the USA Todaybestselling author of The Tenth Circle, Pandoras Temple (winner of the 2012 International Book Award and nominated for a 2013 Thriller Award for Best E-Book Original Novel), and five other books featuring Blaine McCracken, Lands iconic series hero, for Open Road Integrated Media. He also pens the critically acclaimed Caitlin Strong series, which includes Strong Rain Falling and Strong Darkness, winners of the USA Best Book Award in 2013 and 2014, in the Mystery and Thriller categories, respectively. Now with thirty-seven books to his credit,Land will soon be working on a new title for Open Road, in which McCracken teams up with Lands other bestselling series hero, Jared Kimberlain (The Eighth Trumpet and The Ninth Dominion).Land lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and can be found at jonlandbooks.com and on Twitter with the handle @jondland.