Sam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal—to kill the fleeing child. After Dryden helps her evade her pursuers, he learns that the eleven year old, for as long as she can remember, has been kept in a secret prison by forces within the g...

“Audacious and terrifying—and uncannily believable.”—Lee ChildNew York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series, Lee Child, was blown away by The Breach—and you will be, too! A novel of unrelenting suspense and nonstop surprises, The Breach immediately rockets author Patrick Lee into the V.I.P. section of the thriller universe. A treat for Jack Bauer (“24”) fans and “X-Files” aficionados, it is a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride that co...

“In a word: Brilliant….It left me breathless and awed….Pure exhilaration from the first page to the last.”—James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden“WOW! Double Wow!...Ghost Country by Patrick Lee will make Asimov and Heinlein cheer with the angels. The techno-thriller meets Sci-Fi, and the result is mind-blowing.”—Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of DisciplePatrick Lee reinv...

Runner is an outstanding high-concept thriller that grips and entertains like your favourite Hollywood action movie - fans of Lee Child, Simon Toyne and Dan Brown, will love this rollercoaster of a thriller.'Patrick Lee is a huge talent and Runner is his best book yet - breathless, involving, smart, and completely convincing' LEE CHILDSam Dryden was done being a hero. But ...

Sam Dryden lives quietly in a small coastal town in southern California, buying and fixing up old houses. It's good physical work that he's come to love. But his peaceful life is shattered when he gets a phone call from an old friend in trouble. A phone call that pulls Dryden into the middle of a situation that's as violent as it is baffling.For FBI agent Marnie Calvert, it all begins at a secluded trailer in the Mojave Desert-the scene of a horrifying crime, but also of an impossi...

A young Japanese boy goes fishing and hooks up with a whopper beyond his wildest imagination. A tale of raw survival on the ocean realm.

From the author of Runner, Sam Dryden comes under attack from unknown forces as an unremembered episode from his past threatens more than just his life.On an otherwise normal morning, former Special Forces operative Sam Dryden is the target of an unsuccessful attempted abduction. Using his attacker's cellphone, he learns that another person, a woman named Danica Ellis, is also being targeted. Dryden arrives just in time to save Danica from the assault team...

Readers of Lee Child and Dan Brown will love this outstanding high-concept thriller by Patrick Lee'Patrick Lee is a huge talent' Lee Child***A DESPERATE PLEA FOR HELPThe middle of the night. Sam Dryden takes a call from an old friend from his days in the military. She needs his help. Urgently. There's no further explanation.A RACE AGAINST TIMETwo hours later, D...

New York Times Bestseller: A covert-ops thriller that "combines the pulse-pounding suspense of the TV show 24 with the SF intrigues of The X Files." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)The anomaly called the Breach is the government's most carefully guarded secret. But there is another secret even less known . . . and far more terrifying.As the U.S. President addresses the nation from the Oval Office, a missile screams towa...

Hop on and hang on tight for a rough and ready ride through the Columbia River country, culminating in a "highly unauthorized" motocross up the flanks of Mount St. Helens, like how 'bout- "eight odd weeks after the damn thing blew!"

The poems in this collection are offered along two related lines. In the first part of the book the poems and etchings coalesce to form what the author calls a family portrait of grace and faith, representing the fruit of a process of biblical study and reflection, which will be of interest to both the lay person and pastor in his or her preparations for teaching and preaching. In the second section of the book the author provides a variety of poems disclosing the dynamics of life in its m...

In 1811, architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe spurred American builders into action when he called for them to reject "the corrupt Age of Dioclesian, or the still more absurd and debased taste of Louis the XIV," and to emulate instead the ancient temples of Greece.In response, people in the antebellum trans-Appalachian region embraced the clean lines, intricate details, and stately symmetry of the Grecian style. On newly built public buildings, private homes, and religious structures, ...