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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? Read The Ninth Orphan to find out…or watch this video… http://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingGateBooks
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An orphan grows up to become an assassin for a highly secretive organization. When he tries to break free and live a normal life, he is hunted by his mentor and father figure, and by a female orphan he spent his childhood with. On the run, the mysterious man’s life becomes entwined with his beautiful French-African hostage and a shocking past riddled with the darkest of conspiracies is revealed.
Fast-paced, totally fresh and original, filled with deep and complex characters, The Ninth Orphan is a high-octane thriller with an edge. Merging fact with fiction, it fits the current trend toward stories about shadow organizations rumored to exist in the real world.
Tackling genetic selection, mind control, secret societies and a chase around the globe, The Ninth Orphan has intimate character portraits usually associated with psychological novels. It also has a poignant, romantic sub-plot which means it appeals equally to males and females of all ages.
Kentbridge felt bored as he half-listened to a speech by the US President being televised on a monitor set into the back of the seat in front. Such was Kentbridge’s disdain for politicians, he didn’t even bother to look at the screen.
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. This included Presidents. These public figures all understood the game and were happy to go through the motions, carrying out orders that came from above – from the likes of the Omega Agency – so they could fulfill their own egotistical ambitions.
Although political parties often seemed poles apart, in reality they all bowed to this higher order of power. Kentbridge had long since understood 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.
Consequently, Kentbridge had never voted in his life. Certainly there were obvious differences in policies between the various leaders, and an America run by a Bush, an Obama, a Clinton or a Palin, would have distinct contrasts.
Those variables didn’t concern the secret elite rulers, however. As long as the Omega Agency and other clandestine groups ensured each administration sold out on the most lucrative issues – oil, banking, drug trafficking, arms sales – they couldn’t care less whether a political party poured a few more measly bucks into healthcare or schools.
Kentbridge switched the television off and focused his mind on Nine. He hoped the man in Paris was indeed the rogue orphan.
★★★★★ “Action-packed and very well written” –Have You Heard Book Review
★★★★ “A Cloak and Dagger Grand Prix” –The Kindle Book Review
★★★★★ “A fantastic spy thriller” –A Made Up Story Book Reviews
★★★★★ “Every twist and turn that you can imagine” –Holy Smoley Book Review
Click on the cover above to access the first few chapters of The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1).
Appropriate links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingGateBooks
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
How do you catch a man who is never the same man twice?
That is the question posed in The Ninth Orphan, our international thriller novel and Book #1 in The Orphan Trilogy…
An orphan grows up to become an assassin for a highly secretive organization. When he tries to break free and live a normal life, he is hunted by his mentor and father figure, and by a female orphan he spent his childhood with. On the run, the mysterious man’s life becomes entwined with his beautiful French-African hostage and a shocking past riddled with the darkest of conspiracies is revealed.
Fast-paced, totally fresh and original, filled with deep and complex characters, The Ninth Orphan is a controversial, high-octane thriller with an edge. Merging fact with fiction, it illuminates shadow organizations rumored to exist in the real world.
Tackling genetic selection, mind control, secret societies and a chase around the globe, The Ninth Orphan also has a poignant, romantic sub-plot. The story contains the kind of intimate character portraits usually associated with psychological novels.
The Ninth Orphan, published in 2011 by Sterling Gate Books, is selling as an ebook via Amazon and as a trade paperback via Amazon and CreateSpace. The paperback is also available through most libraries and major book distributors.
A regular visitor to Amazon’s bestseller lists, we have also adapted the novel to a feature film screenplay and put it into development with Morcan Motion Pictures.
The Amazon link for the Kindle ebook version is: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
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