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Claire Isenthal (https://www.claireisenthal.com/) graduated Magna Cum Laude from Purdue University, and is an account executive at a Fortune 500 tech company. She has worked in digital marketing for over ten years. The Rising Order is her first novel, and she is in the midst of writing its sequel, The New Order. She lives in the suburbs of Indianapolis with her husband, their two children, and their mutt.
The Rising Order
Flynn faces an impossible choice―save her family and friends or save the lives of thousands of innocent people.
Flynn Zarytsky, recruiter for the Chicago mega-tech company Magnetic, comes face-to-face with true terror amid a horrific mass shooting by homegrown terrorist organization REDS. Wolf, a REDS soldier, has her in his sights, then decides to spare her life. But in doing so, he may have ensnared her in a fate worse than death.
REDS’ master plan is to make society pay for its greed and to establish a new order. Wolf sees manipulating Flynn in her role at Magnetic as the perfect way to infiltrate the tech company and use its reach to unleash catastrophic devastation on the city of Chicago and topple civilization. He never expected Flynn could chip away at his resolve and question REDS’ mission. And she never dreamed she’d be a pawn in a dangerous game that forces her to leave the citizens of Chicago vulnerable to slaughter so that her loved ones can live.
The Rising Order is a gripping read for fans of Homeland and the Divergent series looking for an adult take on the lead-up to a dystopian society.
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Don’t forget to pick up Overmatch (https://www.amazon.com/Overmatch-Tyrone-Benhoff-John-Stamp-ebook/dp/B0CT2SSR76?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZdH31N-WmnAsBUYtDkSd6qp6H69be3WAeSz4gMEQYUQ0uTkrlG0ghZBjWuk4o4EVKHqswPWdxN7ZWIO9-U0K_i6A1LRRXn9ToL83yjqouiaOhLlvCtfkmjyCN87td8x20aOt5YZWGwLNF-eBbEBCWA.HIB7gzsB4Jl6aUJd2fAjx8pyxhH761GI0Mp2UZCvyz0&dib_tag=AUTHOR), anywhere books are sold.
28 Apr 2025
Deep Cut Books: Joseph Garber's Vertical Run
THIS IS DEEP CUT BOOKS WHERE WE RE-DISCOVER THOSE FORGOTTEN NOVELS THAT MADE US THE READERS AND WRITERS WE ARE TODAY.
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VERTICAL RUN
DAVID ELLIOT IS ABOUT TO HAVE A VERY BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE.
EACH MORNING IN HIS FORTY-FIFTH FLOOR EXECUTIVE SUITE, DAVID SAVORS THE QUIET MOMENTS BEFORE THE WORKDAY BEGINS. UNTIL TODAY, WHEN HIS BOSS WALKS IN AND AIMS A GUN AT HIM, MURDER GLINTING IN HIS EYE.
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, DAVID WILL BE TRAPPED IN A MIDTOWN TOWER WITH A TEAM OF RUTHLESS AND PROFESSIONAL MERCENARIES. EVERYONE HE MEETS—AND KNOWS—WILL TRY TO KILL HIM. THEY EXPECT HIM TO BE DEAD BY LUNCHTIME.
BUT THEY’RE WRONG.
THIS IS THE “KILLER” WORKDAY REDEFINED, A HIGH-STAKES AND WHIPLASH-PACED DRAMA THAT PLAYS OUT WITH AN ELECTRIFYING INTENSITY. YOU’LL NEVER SEE THE OFFICE THE SAME WAY AGAIN.
JOSEPH GARBER
GARBER WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MOVED AROUND A LOT AS AN ARMY BRAT.
HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, BUT QUIT TO JOIN THE U.S. ARMY, EVENTUALLY GRADUATING FROM EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1968 WITH A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE.
GARBER WORKED FOR AT&T AND BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON FOR A DECADE, WRITING IN HIS SPARE TIME.
AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS, HE QUIT HIS JOB AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE WROTE FOR FORBES MAGAZINE
GARBER HAD WRITTEN A NON FICTION MANUSCRIPT, IN SEARCH OF SHABBINESS, BUT ON THE ADVICE OF LITERARY AGENTS, HE REWROTE IT AS THE NOVEL RASCAL MONEY AND BOOM OFF TO THE RACES AS A PRO. FOLLOWING RASCAL MONEY CAME
VERTICAL RUN, WHICH WAS AN INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLER. BOUGHT BY BOTH WARNER BROS AND JON PETERS IN THE 1990S ONLY TO BE SHELVED IN PRE-PRODUCTION.
HE WROTE TWO MORE NOVELS BEFORE PASSING DUE TO A HEART ATTACK ON MAY 27, 2005.
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27 Apr 2025
Deep Cut Books: Phillip Kerr-Esau
THIS IS DEEP CUT BOOKS WHERE WE RE-DISCOVER THOSE FORGOTTEN NOVELS THAT MADE US THE READERS AND WRITERS WE ARE TODAY.
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ESAU
IN AN ICE CAVE HIGH ON A FORBIDDEN HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINTOP, RENEGADE CLIMBER JACK FURNESS UNEARTHS A PERFECTLY PRESERVED SKULL, A FOSSIL THAT MAY BE THE MISSING LINK AND THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY. TO BERKELEY PALEOANTHROPOLOGIST STELLA SWIFT, THE MIRACULOUS FIND WARRANTS AN IMMEDIATE EXPEDITION UP THE MOUNTAIN'S TREACHEROUS FISH TAIL PEAK. BUT WITH NEIGHBORING PAKISTAN AND INDIA ON THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE, THE PENTAGON AND THE GA HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNS ON THE REMOTE SITE. NOW, THEY'RE ALL ABOUT TO ENTER A DOMAIN WHERE ONE OF NATURE'S FIERCEST CREATIONS HAS THRIVED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS -- AND MODERN MAN WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE.
PHILLIP KERR
BORN IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, KERR STUDIED LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, BEFORE, I’M GUESSING, HE REALIZED BEING A LAWYER WOULD SUCK AND INSTEAD WENT INTO MARKETING AS AN ADVERTISING COPYWRITER BEFORE BECOMING A FULL-TIME WRITER IN 1989. PHILLIP KERR WAS A GREAT MULTI-GENRE WRITER, HE PASSED AWAY IN 2018.
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