Frank McNeill, a young architect and grandson of a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, finds his family’s security as well as his honor and loyalty challenged by an evil far beyond his imagination or control; an evil orchestrated by an unlikely nemesis, Ishmael, a foreign exchange student in Frank’s university crowd.
Ishmael, the heir apparent to the Islamic tribe of Kuhmaad is the only one who knows of Frank’s apparent murder of a prostitute during his graduation party. Frank’s panic to conceal this act forces him to supply information to Ishmael for his hired terrorist so he can infiltrate the ranks grandfather Jasper McNeill’s International Gateway to Freedom project and make the kill. Ishmael is unaware that the man has covertly entered into additional contracts to eliminate all the high profile international board members including the United States President. Frank realizes too late that he alone must avert the horror he has unleashed.
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Amazon rating:
**** * 4.7 stars
ISBN #
0-595-32514-9
Soft cover
also available in hardcover and soon available in e-book format.
Fan Info: Barnes & Nobel's site reports that people who bought The Pact also bought: The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point by Dan Brown, Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson, and The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell, Duston Thomason.
Excerpt from "The Pact"
"Who can say what remains in the fragments of the Baghdad I remember? I'm driven by a power greater than myself. I’m compelled to go back and see firsthand. There were young men in those days who now sit in various seats of power. They’re still my friends but they can’t put themselves in jeopardy and acknowledge the friendship. I'm going in on my own. Sadat’s worked with Sheikh Salim to get us the coverage we need. We’re going in by way of a tribe of Bedouins; across the desert, but without identity and in disguise…to Baghdad."
Frank was sitting up straight, "We can't do that! God Jasper, with due respect, you’re talking like a crazy man! What if something happens?”
“Anything could happen and as for myself, I'm prepared. I can't explain why this has become equal to an obsession, so I'm giving you the option to leave.”
