false 2181495 8 <p>Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his beautiful wife, Emma, when a blizzard sets in. In their bid to escape the storm, Emma is killed when she falls into a hidden crevasse. <br><br>Twenty-four hours later, Jonathan receives an envelope addressed to his wife containing two baggage-claim tickets. Puzzled, he journeys to a remote railway station only to find himself in a life-and-death struggle for his wife&#8217;s possessions. In the aftermath of the assault, he discovers that his attackers&#8212;one dead, the other mortally wounded&#8212;were, in fact, Swiss police officers. More frightening still is evidence of an extraordinary act of betrayal that leaves Jonathan stunned. <br><br>Suddenly the subject of an international manhunt and the target of a master assassin, Jonathan is forced on the run. His only chance at survival lies in uncovering the devastating truth behind the secret his wife kept from him, and stopping the terrifying conspiracy that threatens to bring the world to the brink of annihilation. Step-by-step, he is drawn deeper into a world of spies, high-tech weaponry, and global terrorism&#8212;a world where no one is who they appear to be and where the ends always justify the means. <br><br>RULES OF DECEPTION is a brilliantly conceived, twisting tale of intrigue and deceit written by the master of the espionage thriller for the twenty-first century.</p> 2187176 15 7 2008 Rules of Deception total:372|5:39|4:120|3:144|2:53|1:16| 372 1229 619 126 3 1 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:29:47 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 21:28:45 -0700 2008
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This is an exciting thriller, it has everything: a likable hero facing enormous amounts of danger and scuttling out of it, exotic locals with amazing settings, an over the edge story that will keep you turning page after page.

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The political climate that this international spy thriller is based on could not be more current or better researched--agencies within agencies, leaders lying to their people, wars being started for public reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with the agenda be...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 13:45:47 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 18:04:52 -0800 2008 Publishers' Weekly. Th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 08 17:34:45 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 03:00:45 -0800 2008
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DATE: June 2008
TITLE: Rules of Deception
AUTHOR: Christopher Reich
PUBLISHER: Doubleday
COPYRIGHT: July 2008

RATING: 4.5 out of 5


Christopher Reich absolutely has a winner with this book. Rules of Deception has it all. With a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:07:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:37:24 -0700 2009
The main topic, Iranian nuclear arms, was certainly up-to-date. The story included a...more...]]>