French Kiss - Softcover

Lustbader, Eric Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1504045424 ISBN 13: 9781504045421

Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller, 2017

Synopsis

The search for a mysterious artifact leads to a trek across the globe in this thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of the Bourne novels.

In the French countryside, a man is brutally murdered. In a Connecticut church, a priest is sacrificed. All in pursuit of an artifact rumored to possess mystical powers . . .

The three-bladed weapon known as the Prey Dauw will make its owner the most feared man in the world, powerful enough to control all of Asia and its drug trade. But there is still one piece left to find.

New York lawyer Chris Haye and NYPD lieutenant Seve Guarda are drawn into the bloody search when they learn their brothers have been killed. Their quest for vengeance takes them from Manhattan to France to the depths of Southeast Asia. But the man behind their brothers' savage murders will stop at nothing to gain the ultimate prize.

From the acclaimed author of the Nicholas Linnear series and many other bestsellers, as well as the novels that continue the story of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne character, French Kiss is packed with "suspense that is sustained to the final page" (Los Angeles Times).

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From the Back Cover:

THE DOORWAY TO NIGHT

When colonial France reached out to enslave Indochina in a possessive embrace, she calmed the native population with the addictive, subjugating kiss of opium. Now the ruthless warlords of the region, desperate to retain control, search for a trio of weapons – the 'PreyDauw' – that have become a Theravadan Buddhist symbol so awesome, so imbued with mythic power, that whole populations bow to the will of whoever possesses them.

The last piece of the 'Prey Dauw' – a dagger – is believed to be held by an American, Terry Haye. His murder in the South of France is the first in a series of bloody assassinations that lures many new players into an already deadly game. As the 'Prey Dauw' exudes a drug-like potency, alluring, fascinating and seductive, each contender for power must acknowledge his sins and their implications – for no sin can go forever unpunished, forever unredeemed ...

About the Author:

Eric Van Lustbader is the New York Times-bestselling author of the Nicholas Linnear series, the Testament series, First Daughter, and Blood Trust, as well as several of the Jason Bourne books, including The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Betrayal, The Bourne Sanction, The Bourne Deception, The Bourne Objective, The Bourne Dominion, and The Bourne Retribution. For more information, visit www.EricVanLustbader.com. You can also follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1504045424
• ISBN 13: 9781504045421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500