[Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage 03] • The Fourth Pularchek

1 Denver Post Bestselling, Award-Winning Author

“The Coalition has a lot of good action and suspense, an unusual female assassin, and the potential to be another The Day After Tomorrow [the runaway bestseller by Allan Folsom].”

—James Patterson, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

“Altar of Resistance is a gripping and densely packed thriller dramatizing the Allied Italian campaign...reminiscent of Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Marquis is a student of history, always creative, [and] never boring...A good comparison might be Tom Clancy.”

—Military.com

“In his novels Blind Thrust and Cluster of Lies, Samuel Marquis vividly combines the excitement of the best modern techno-thrillers, an education in geology, and a clarifying reminder that the choices each of us make have a profound impact on our precious planet.”

—Ambassador Marc Grossman, Former U.S. Under Secretary of State

"Marquis grabs my attention right from the beginning and never lets go.”

—Gov. Roy R. Romer, 39th Governor of Colorado

“The Coalition starts with a bang, revs up its engines, and never stops until the explosive ending…Perfect for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, and Vince Flynn.”—Foreword Reviews

“[A] combination of The Great Escape, Public Enemies, a genuine old-time Western, and a John Le Carré novel.”

—BlueInk Review (for Bodyguard of Deception, Book 1 of WWII Series)

This is the third book in the Nick Lassiter-Skyler International Espionage Series. In Book 1, The Devil’s Brigade, Mr. Everyman-Struggling Author Nick Lassiter is introduced and goes to New York hoping to confront the second bestselling author in the world who plagiarized his unpublished novel. Instead, he gets caught up in the middle of a CIA operation with his father Benjamin Brewbaker and former girlfriend Natalie Perkins to take down powerful Russian mobsters. In Book 2, The Coalition, the femme fatal Italian assassin Skyler introduced in Book 1 takes center stage and terminates the U.S. President-elect. As she plays a game of cat-and-mouse with the pursuing authorities, a collaborating FBI agent and reporter eventually close in on her and in the process uncover a vast right-wing conspiracy to gain control of the U.S. Government. In Book 3, The Fourth Pularchek, Lassiter and Skyler appear together for the first time as major characters. They quickly become embroiled in an international case involving Lassiter’s newly discovered biological father, the Polish billionaire and intelligence commander Stanislaw Pularchek, and buried secrets from Europe’s World War II past. Their perilous journey takes them from the American capitol to the streets of Warsaw to the murderous gates of Auschwitz to the salt mines and snow-dusted mountain peaks of Austria. But can Lassiter, his adoptive father Brewbaker of the CIA, and his Polish biological father Pularchek work together as a team, and are they prepared for the consequences of stirring up the past? Furthermore, will Skyler be brought to justice for her multiple killings on U.S soil, or will she escape yet again?