Morcan Books & Films

If you’re a fan of international conspiracy thrillers in the vein of James Bond and James Bourne – and you like your action fast and furious – this latest offering from father and son writing team, James and Lance Morcan, is guaranteed not to disappoint.

The first of a trilogy, The Ninth Orphan follows the fate of Sebastian George Hannar, the ninth orphan of Chicago’s Pedemont Orphanage. We meet ‘Nine’ at the age of 31, a highly skilled assassin, trained since birth to be the perfect secret agent.

Increasingly frustrated with the life that he has been bred for – and the dark secrets it entails – our protagonist decides to make his next mission his last, and secure his freedom with the highly sensitive information he is privy to. But of course, our hero making a quick escape to the suburbs and settling into a life of quiet domesticity would not a satisfying thriller make. No rogue agent ever escaped from a covert, evil organization with designs to ‘take over the world’ so easily, and ours is no exception.

Just as it seems that Nine might achieve his goal of independence, a chance encounter with a beguiling photographer, Isabelle Alleget, causes his plans to unravel. And so begins a frenetically paced cat and mouse chase that takes us all over the world, from Paris to the Philippines.

Deftly weaving some fantastical twists and turns, flashbacks to our hero’s extraordinary childhood, and a series of impressive action sequences into a tense plot, the Morcans deliver a satisfying narrative that never lets up. And as he is hotly pursued by his mentor, Tommy Kentbridge, and various secret organizations, Nine’s intriguing, chameleon-like ability to disguise himself ensures that our attention never wavers.

What makes The Ninth Orphan stand out from other thrillers is its intelligent handling of its themes. Like Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting novel, Never Let Me Go, The Ninth Orphan taps into our fascination with the possibilities of genetic selection, and the sinister consequences it may bring.

Throw in a pinch of romance and the suggestion of political shadow organizations that may or may not operate in the real world, and you have an exhilarating read that will keep the little grey cells ticking over long after you’ve reached the final page.

-The Flaneur http://flaneur.me.uk/09/the-ninth-orphan-by-james-and-lance-morcan-2/

Links for The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1):

Trade paperback – https://www.createspace.com/3642008                                                                                       

Kindle ebook-                                                                                               http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC                                         http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0056I4FKC

Here’s some favorite quotes from our international thriller The Ninth Orphan, Book #1 in The Orphan Trilogy:

Contrary to the media circus which portrayed politicians as all-powerful figures, Kentbridge knew from experience the vast majority of US Government officials – elected or otherwise – were puppets who only had the illusion of power…

The purpose of having the orphans study all these diverse fields was not for them to just become geniuses, but to become polymaths – meaning they would be geniuses in a wide variety of fields…

Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader made, significant change rarely transpired…

Japan had gained enormous wealth when it invaded China and a dozen or so other Asian countries during the Second World War. The Japanese looted bullion by the truckload. In addition to the incalculable amounts of gold, gigantic quantities of diamonds, silver and religious artifacts had also been stolen. These colossal treasure troves were shipped to the Philippines in preparation for transportation to Japan. However, as the war in the Pacific intensified, the ever-increasing presence of Allied ships made the transport of such treasure problematic for Japan. As a result, much of it was hidden in the Philippines…

Links for The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1):

Trade paperback – https://www.createspace.com/3642008                                                                                       

Kindle ebook-                                                                                               http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC                                         http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0056I4FKC

That’s the question many are asking as WikiLeaks’ champion struts his stuff whilst holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in ‘Londontown’.

Without debating the rights and wrongs of Assange’s actions in publishing 90,000 or so sensitive US documents, we do share many of his concerns about ‘Big Brother’ and its role in today’s world – the morality of US foreign affairs, the banking system, Bilderberg, MK-Ultra and CIA-sanctioned mind control experiments to name but a few.

These and much more feature in our international thriller novels The Ninth Orphan and The Orphan Factory, Books #1 and #2 in The Orphan Trilogy. 

Both novels are available as Kindle ebooks and trade paperbacks, and both feature in Amazon’s Top Rated Spy Books list.

Links for: The Ninth Orphan:

Trade paperback – https://www.createspace.com/3642008                                                                                       

Kindle ebook-                                                                                               http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC                                         http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0056I4FKC

Links for The Orphan Factory:

Kindle ebook – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008M9WWKW/                              http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Orphan-Factory-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B008M9WWKW/   http://www.amazon.de/The-Orphan-Factory-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B008M9WWKW/ http://www.amazon.fr/The-Orphan-Factory-ebook/dp/B008M9WWKW/

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Our blog of August 12 seems to have raised more questions than answers.
 
We asked the question: What do Bill Clinton, David Rockefeller, Prince Charles, Bill Gates, Ben Bernanke, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes have in common?
 
Well, each has attended meetings of the Bilderberg Group, a secretive, invitation-only organization whose annual conferences for the most part remain mysteriously off the record. 
  
Our international thriller novel, The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1), shines a light on the little known Bilderberg Group and portrays it as being America’s, and the world’s, shadow government. This novel, which merges fact with fiction, exposes a secret elite pulling the strings of various administrations. 
 
Is there any truth behind this supposed political conspiracy? Well, that depends on who you ask.
 
Conspiracy theorists have long said the Bilderberg Group undermines democracy and influences everything from nations’ political leaders to the venue for the next war; the politicians and industrialists who attend say it’s nothing more than a think-tank, conducted without media coverage so the world’s most powerful can speak freely.
 
Certainly, it’s easy to see why conspiracy theories plague the group.
 
Bilderberg takes its name from a hotel of the same name in the Netherlands where the first meeting took place in 1954. Ever since, every Bilderberg conference has received almost complete media blackouts despite being held at prominent five-star resorts.
 
Conspiracy theorists point out this dearth of media coverage is highly unusual given the veritable who’s who of world leaders and movers-and-shakers in attendance each year.
 
Other notable US political figures to have officially attended Bilderberg meetings include current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig and Colin Powell, former President Gerald Ford as well as Texas Governor and 2012 Presidential hopeful Rick Perry.
 
Some say these and all other US attendees have been in direct violation of the Logan Act, a Federal law which prevents US citizens and representatives from making policy decisions in secret with foreign government officials. However, no Bilderberger has ever acknowledged engaging in policy-making during the meetings and there is no clear proof that any of them do.
 
On the international roster, Bilderbergers have included leaders of almost every Western nation, Swiss bankers, EU Commissioners and Royalty. Among past and present attendees are current Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Margaret Thatcher, the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip.
 
Beyond these confirmed Bilderbergers, there’s also a raft of other high profile figures suspected to have participated in conferences – according to the conspiracy theorists at least. For example, shortly before becoming the US President, Barack Obama was rumored to have met with key Bilderberg members at or near their conference venue in Chantilly, Virginia, in 2008.
 
Veteran Bilderberg observer, Jim Tucker, phoned Obama’s office during the campaign to confirm whether he had attended the conference. A campaign spokeswoman refused to discuss the matter, but would not deny that Obama had attended.
 
Other rumored attendees include Rupert Murdoch, George Bush, Sr. and George W. Bush. Hillary Clinton also denies having attended any Bilderberg meetings despite reported sightings of her at the locations of the 2006 (Toronto) and 2008 (Virginia) conferences.
 
Bill Clinton, however, was an official attendee of the 1991 Bilderberg conference in Germany while still a little known Governor of Arkansas; the following year he won the US Presidential Election.
 
So what does all this mean exactly? Is it just a pile of the usual circumstantial evidence that seems to conveniently support most conspiracy theories?
 
According to Belgian magnate and Bilderberg chairman Étienne Davignon, that is exactly the case. Davignon says an attraction of Bilderberg Group meetings is they provide an opportunity for participants to speak candidly and to find out what major figures really think without the risk of off-the-cuff comments becoming fodder for media controversy. However, partly because of its working methods to ensure strict privacy, the Bilderberg Group is often accused of conspiracies.
 
Then again, it is hard to believe the only decisions the world’s elite make at these exclusive resorts each year is what to order for dinner or what time to play golf.

We address this, and other ‘awkward’ questions surrounding Bilderberg in The Ninth Orphan.

Here’s some other useful sources of information: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-aEcF8Rjg
 
Background info:
bilderbergmeetings.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bilderberg_participants
 
The Ninth Orphan is available as a Trade Paperback on Createspace and Amazon. It’s also available as an ebook via Amazon.
 
https://www.createspace.com/3642008
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

Our first novel, The Ninth Orphan, Book #1 in The Orphan Trilogy, appears in Amazon’s Bestseller Rank in the ‘Technothrillers’ category – as per the following link…

in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Genre Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers > Technothrillers

-Lance