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Our first two books in The Orphan Trilogy, The Ninth Orphan and The Orphan Factory, are at #1 and #3 respectively on Goodreads’ list for Best Spy Novels of the 20th and 21st Centuries!

Here’s the link to that list. You’ll see we are keeping company with some great writers! http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8887.Best_Spy_Novels_

And here’s the Top 10 spy novels on that same list at 9 October 2012 PST:

1 The Ninth Orphan (The Orpha... The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)
by James Morcan
4.21 of 5 stars4.21 avg rating — 101 ratings

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2 The Hunt for Red October (J... The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #4)
by Tom Clancy
3.79 of 5 stars3.79 avg rating — 162,099 ratings

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3 The Orphan Factory (The Orp... The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2)
by James Morcan
4.6 of 5 stars4.60 avg rating — 35 ratings

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4 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sp... Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5)
by John le Carré
3.97 of 5 stars3.97 avg rating — 13,630 ratings

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5 The Bourne Identity (Jason ... The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
by Robert Ludlum
3.81 of 5 stars3.81 avg rating — 182,071 ratings

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6 The Spy Who Came in From th... The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (George Smiley #3)
by John le Carré
3.92 of 5 stars3.92 avg rating — 12,506 ratings

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7 The Day of the Jackal The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
4.17 of 5 stars4.17 avg rating — 23,707 ratings

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8 Smiley's People (George Smi... Smiley’s People (George Smiley, #7)
by John le Carré
4.13 of 5 stars4.13 avg rating — 7,141 ratings

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9 Eye of the Needle Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
4.06 of 5 stars4.06 avg rating — 27,881 ratings

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10 The Faithful Spy (John Well... The Faithful Spy (John Wells, #1)
by Alex Berenson (Goodreads Author)
3.88 of 5 stars3.88 avg rating — 2,487 ratings

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Our first novel in The Orphan Trilogy is top of Goodreads’ Best Technothrillers Ever list!

Here’s the Goodreads.com link to the Top 100 list of technothrillers: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/24177.Best_Technothrillers_Ever#12257650

And here’s the Top 10 on the list as at 9 October 2012 PST:

1 The Ninth Orphan (The Orpha... The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)
by James Morcan
4.21 of 5 stars4.21 avg rating — 101 ratings

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2 Closed Doors, a Trilogy Closed Doors, a Trilogy
by Rich Weatherly (Goodreads Author)
4.91 of 5 stars4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings

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3 Miami Spy Games Miami Spy Games
by Armand Rosamilia (Goodreads Author)
4.81 of 5 stars4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings

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4 Virtually True Virtually True
by Adam L. Penenberg
4.0 of 5 stars4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings

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5 Eye of the Storm (Black Eag... Eye of the Storm (Black Eagle Force, #1)
by Buck Stienke
4.74 of 5 stars4.74 avg rating — 31 ratings

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6 Sacred Mountain (Black Eagl... Sacred Mountain (Black Eagle Force, #2)
by Buck Stienke
4.65 of 5 stars4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings

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7 The Andromeda Strain The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
3.73 of 5 stars3.73 avg rating — 63,186 ratings

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8 The Hunt for Red October (J... The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #4)
by Tom Clancy
3.79 of 5 stars3.79 avg rating — 162,099 ratings

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9 Metallic Dreams Metallic Dreams
by Mark Rice (Goodreads Author)
4.34 of 5 stars4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings

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10 Relic (Pendergast, #1) Relic (Pendergast, #1)
by Douglas Preston
3.95 of 5 stars3.95 avg rating — 23,901 ratings

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NOTE: Technothrillers are a hybrid genre, drawing subject matter generally from science fiction, thrillers, spy, action and war. The inner workings of technology and the mechanics of various disciplines (espionage, martial arts, politics) are thoroughly explored, and the plot often turns on the particulars of that exploration.

Book reviewers have favorably compared James Bond to Nine, the ninth-born orphan in our international thriller, The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1).

     

See for yourself to judge whether the reviewers are right…

  The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

Here’s the Amazon links to reviews of The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC

 

  

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 (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) to find out…or watch this video… http://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingGateBooks

The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

Amazon links to The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

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Here’s the latest review to appear on Amazon for our international thriller The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1):

 ★★★★★ Wonderfully written spy thriller, October 1, 2012
 
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This is a superbly written thriller that kept me hooked throughout its entirety. I really enjoyed the whole story and the characters. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good thriller. 5 stars.
 
The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)
 
The Amazon link for this novel is: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
 

Our international thriller The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) starts in Montana’s Custer National Park…

…then takes readers at break-neck speed from the Philippines… 

…to rural Illinois…

…to London…

…to Paris…

…to the French countryside…

…to Germany’s Black Forest…

…to Cornwall’s Saint Michael’s Mount…

…and finally to the Marquesas Islands

To share the ninth-born orphan’s journey, read The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1).

The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

Available now on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

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Yamashita’s gold, also referred to as the Yamashita’s treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Japanese forces during World War II and hidden in caves, tunnels and underground complexes in the Philippines. It is named for the Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, nicknamed “The Tiger of Malaya”. The rumored treasure has been the subject of a complex lawsuit that was filed in a Hawaiian state court in 1988 involving a Filipino treasure hunter, Rogelio Roxas, and the former Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos.

Above: Ferdinand Marcos with wife Imelda.

                                                Below: Some of the missing booty?

Here’s an excerpt from our international thriller novel The Ninth Orphan on this subject:

Few knew more about Yamashita’s Gold than Naylor did. His own father had served in the Philippines under General MacArthur and, at the end of World War Two, had witnessed the earliest discoveries of Japan’s massive plunder.

Naylor had also confirmed that the former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, had obtained much of his personal fortune from later discoveries.

He knew 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.

General Yamashita                                                     General Tomoyuki Yamashita

There’s also a British/Royal connection to Yamashita’s Gold. Here’s another excerpt from The Ninth Orphan:

Kentbridge had instructed Seventeen not to mention anything about Yamashita’s Gold. The last thing they needed was another competitor. As much of the lost treasure was originally Britain’s, Kentbridge knew they’d want it back if they found out about it.

Britain’s connection with the treasure dated all the way back to Hitler’s rise to power. Fearing Germany was going to invade, Britain had shipped the bulk of its gold reserves, including the Royal Family’s massive stockpile, to Singapore, which was under British rule at the time. When Singapore suddenly fell to the Japanese in 1942, Britain lost nearly all of its gold supplies overnight.

Find out more about Yamashita’s Gold in our novel The Ninth Orphan here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

Calling all Followers: We’d love your feedback so feel free to share your thoughts and let us know what you think about this blog entry.  – Lance & James

Do they know something we don’t?
 
Although novels, our international thriller The Ninth Orphan and its prequel The Orphan Factory are based on real conspiracies – conspiracies we have extensively researched.
 
The controversial subjects explored in the books including the following:
 
* Mind control and MK-Ultra
* Jonestown and the Peoples Temple
* Secret CIA prisons
* The Bilderberg Group
* The Trillion-dollar empire of Ferdinand Marcos
* Medical experimentation on orphans
* Yamashita’s Gold
* Chinese intelligence agencies
* Human cloning and other suppressed science
* New Illuminati groups
* Advanced mental techniques of the secret elite
* White Gold and Ormus
* IMF, World Bank and other corrupt financial organizations
* The Omega Agency
* Secret elite links of Bill Gates, Obama and the Bush / Clinton families
* Hidden wealth of the British Royal Family
 
                Queen Elizabeth II with Kate Middleton.
 
The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008M9WWKW/
 
The third and final book in the series, a sequel titled The Orphan Uprising,  will be published by Sterling Gate Books in 2013.
 
The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2)

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/

The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

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

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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…

The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

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