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Goodreads asked James Houston Turner:

What are you currently working on?

James Houston Turner I am currently editing my upcoming new Talanov thriller, Dragon Head, which will be published in 2018 and picks up chronologically where Department Thirteen and Greco's Game leave off.

In Dragon Head, I take Talanov in a new direction when he meets a family of three Chinese orphans in a community center in San Francisco, where he is placed in an impossible situation when the youngest - an eleven year-old girl - is kidnapped by a Hong Kong crime lord, who threatens to kill her if his demands are not met. When Talanov wants to rescue the girl and take down the crime lord, he is ordered by the CIA to let her die for the sake of national security.

Which brings us to the Bible verse Talanov discovers on a sign in the community center. The verse is Hebrews 13:5, which says, "I will never desert (or abandon) you." The Bible says it's a promise made to us by God, but are we willing to make the same promise to those we love? Talanov didn't ask for the love of these three annoying kids. But what happens when love of three annoying kids finds you? His grappling with that promise is the backbone of this story, and, hence, gives us the story's tagline: "I will never desert you. How far would YOU go to keep that promise?"

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