| When I come home from work I want to read a | | | | picture perfect New England town. Will Abbey |
| novel that is as different as possible from my | | | | Newton be able to save her own daughter and |
| boring life at the office. I'm looking for | | | | the other young women of the town from the |
| page-turners, "can't put them down novels." I | | | | evil forces? Will the ending bring you relief or |
| want stories full of conspiracy, love, and betrayal. | | | | unending terror? Like many thrillers, I Dream of |
| I want to sit on the edge of my seat with my | | | | Fathom is not for the faint of heart. |
| heart pounding. Throw in the FBI, CIA, and KGB | | | | Thrillers such as Nomad VI and I Dream of |
| and I'm in heaven. I know it's a good book when I | | | | Fathom put readers on emotional roller coaster |
| skip dinner and the evening news and go to bed | | | | rides. Horror, conspiracy, and psychological tricks |
| frightened and excited. | | | | intensify the tension and plot twists confound the |
| The books I'm talking about are thrillers. They are | | | | readers. Physical and emotional conflicts pit |
| fast-paced and action-packed battles between the | | | | characters against one another. Villains and heroes |
| forces of good and evil. Thrillers are full of fear, | | | | populate the stories. |
| suspense, and cliffhangers. Unlike mysteries, | | | | The author of Nomad VI and I Dream of Fathom |
| where the white hat guys and gals almost always | | | | follows a long tradition of thriller writers. Michael |
| come out on top, heroes sometimes die in | | | | Crichton, John LeCarre, Alfred Hitchcock, Tess |
| thrillers. The plot is a vehicle for danger and | | | | Gerritsen, and Richard Preston are some of the |
| excitement. | | | | most well known thriller writers. Their books |
| Nomad VI is such a book. Ultimately it's about | | | | range from action thrillers to legal thrillers to |
| peace, but the hero-scientist has to endure | | | | medical thrillers to technical thrillers. Some of the |
| flashbacks to his days in Vietnam, kidnapping, | | | | plots are based on real-life issues, while others are |
| torture, and heartbreaks in order to activate the | | | | wholly fictional. What they all have in common is |
| defensive weapon system he invented to put an | | | | the ability to twist emotions around and create |
| end to nuclear warfare. Murder, a spy ring, NASA, | | | | deep tension. |
| and brutality accompany the hero on his | | | | Just in case the books aren't scary enough, many |
| treacherous journey to launch the Nomad before | | | | of them have been made into movies. The |
| the evil forces stop him. You will share the hero's | | | | Manchurian Candidate is a tale of paranoia and |
| terror as he tries to figure out who is protecting | | | | brainwashing for political gain. In Phone Booth a |
| him and who is trying to destroy him. | | | | man is trapped in a phone booth by a deranged |
| Extra sensory perception figures heavily in I | | | | sniper. The DaVinci Code is a relatively recent film |
| Dream of Fathom, the story of a small town | | | | adaptation of a religious thriller. |
| paradise gone awry. Torment, seduction, and | | | | Just remember, if you are not thrilled, it's not a |
| nightmares threaten the peace of Willow Valley, a | | | | thriller! |