About this series
AMANDA CREED RETURNS FOR A FINAL, ALL-OUT SPRINT TO THE FINISH.
THIS TIME, EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE...
When everything else is stripped away, time stands as our most precious possession. No amount of money can buy back lost moments with our loved ones. And all the riches in the world can’t be traded to ease one’s regret when another is gone.
These cold calculations have come home to roost, as Amanda Creed has successfully protected her vast corporate empire against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Yet in all her corporate cunning to safeguard the billion-dollar bottom line, Amanda might have squandered something far more valuable.
The life of someone she loves could prove to be the unimaginable price of her stunning success.
It’s the one deal Amanda never would have made. Yet the merciless negotiators of fate might not give her any choice in the matter.
This pulse-pounding final chapter to the Amanda Creed corporate thrillers reveals all:
No secrets remain hidden. No character is out of harm’s way. And no price for wanting to have it all is too high.
Or is it?
How much is a life worth, anyway?
The Final Chapter in the Amanda Creed Series.
Titles in the series (4)
- Corporate Cunning: A Thriller
1
High Stakes. Huge Money. No Prisoners. A start-up technology company is headed for a gigantic payday in the form of a white-hot initial public offering. The firm's super-charged stock is being fueled by a break-through project developed by fast-rising executive Amanda Creed and her dedicated team. But to cross the finish line, the divorced mother of two has been forced to sacrifice her family -- and her social life. By the time her project hits the big time, Amanda is ready to celebrate with abandon. But her wild, one-night tryst turns to corporate treason, as a spy uses her indiscretion against her. Tables turn, and Amanda finds herself shut out of her own project and shunned at her company. That's nothing compared to the life-and-death stakes in the balance when Amanda's daughter is kidnapped. The girl’s only hope is a principled, unassuming ex-Navy SEAL who has been looking out for Amanda and her kids every step of the way. It's a non-stop, pulse-pounding race for love, money -- and life itself. Because in business, competition’s a killer.
- Corporate Kingdom: A Thriller
2
AMANDA CREED IS BACK AND SHE NEARLY HAS IT ALL. NOW, SHE COULD LOSE EVERYTHING... Can anyone ever have everything? There was a time Amanda Creed might have believed such things were possible. Not anymore. Yet, she never expected to gain so much, only to lose what she holds most dear. Amid the opulence and insulation of her new corporate lifestyle, the takers have come for Amanda Creed. And along with plotting to strip away her wealth, power, position and control, they have come to claim their pound of flesh, too. Having watched as precious things are nearly ripped from her, Amanda rises to fight like never before. Battles rage both inside the corporate boardroom and in the murky world of off-the-books revenge, where enough money can make anyone disappear. This time, Amanda won’t hold her ex-Navy SEAL mercenary back from doing what he must to protect her family and save her new-found corporate kingdom. The only question remains, is the money worth all the blood? Corporate Kingdom: High Stakes. Huge Money. No Prisoners. *This e-book contains 122,000 words and 400 pages.
- Corporate Treason: A Thriller
3
IS AMANDA CREED’S CORPORATE EMPIRE UNRAVELING? It has been a cut-throat climb for Amanda Creed. And corporate success has come at a very personal cost. Yet now she sits at the pinnacle as a successful CEO of a vast, global corporate empire. But for how long? Power comes in many forms. Wealth is just one of them. This time, Amanda will face the even dirtier – and far deadlier –worlds of politics, the mafia and a corrupt justice system as she tries to launch her latest money-minting business. The balance sheet goes far beyond dollars and cents. The costs of doing business in these worlds might just prove too much to bear. A loved one goes on trial for his life. Meanwhile, a trusted confidant could be playing both ends against the middle, with an eye on unseating Amanda from her corporate throne. Still, the biggest hit is the one no one sees coming. The ending of this book won’t just change Amanda’s life. It could end it altogether. Or worse, it could claim the life of someone she holds most dear. After all, this is Corporate America. Just three rules apply: High Stakes. Huge Money. No Prisoners. The competition’s a killer!
- Corporate Execution: A Thriller
4
AMANDA CREED RETURNS FOR A FINAL, ALL-OUT SPRINT TO THE FINISH. THIS TIME, EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE... When everything else is stripped away, time stands as our most precious possession. No amount of money can buy back lost moments with our loved ones. And all the riches in the world can’t be traded to ease one’s regret when another is gone. These cold calculations have come home to roost, as Amanda Creed has successfully protected her vast corporate empire against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Yet in all her corporate cunning to safeguard the billion-dollar bottom line, Amanda might have squandered something far more valuable. The life of someone she loves could prove to be the unimaginable price of her stunning success. It’s the one deal Amanda never would have made. Yet the merciless negotiators of fate might not give her any choice in the matter. This pulse-pounding final chapter to the Amanda Creed corporate thrillers reveals all: No secrets remain hidden. No character is out of harm’s way. And no price for wanting to have it all is too high. Or is it? How much is a life worth, anyway? The Final Chapter in the Amanda Creed Series.
John Luciew
BREAKING NEWS!! All five of my full-length mystery/thrillers are coming soon in unabridged audio form. ZERO TOLERANCE and KILL THE STORY are already out for 2013 from Audible.com. SECRETS OF THE DEAD is up for full sound-recording treatment next, followed by FATAL DEAD LINES and my newest mystery, LAST CASE. I hope you will check them out. Some serious voice talent has been brought to bear to turn my best ripped-from-the-headlines page-turners into a can't-stop-listening, white-knuckle audio mystery experiences. Now, a little more about me and my books: Journalist John Luciew is the author of numerous ripped-from-the-headlines fictional thrillers that mix politics, corporate power and pulse-pounding suspense, including: KILL THE STORY, ZERO TOLERANCE, SECRETS OF THE DEAD, FATAL DEAD LINES, CORPORATE CUNNING, and now, LAST CASE. His non-fiction titles include the true-crime account, SUSPECT/VICTIM, and the real-life medical thriller, "CATASTROPHIC." FROM THE AUTHOR: If Hollywood was ever going to make a movie of one of my books, KILL THE STORY would be the one. It has everything -- a high concept, a deepening mystery rooted in actual events and more off-beat but convincingly real characters than you can count. This is journalism as I saw it -- both from the outside looking in and the inside out. It says nearly everything I have to say about the state of media today -- all without slowing the non-stop action one little bit. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it. Lenny Holcomb, my first literary character, spoke to me in much the same way the dead people of his obituaries speak to him. But after my first book, FATAL DEAD LINES, I found out Lenny and the dead people from his obits had more to say. Much more. SECRETS OF THE DEAD, a specially updated sequel, completes Lenny Holcomb's intriguing saga, finally presenting his incredible story in full. I hope you enjoy it, discovering the many narrative arcs that bridge both books and come to a full and satisfying resolution by the final page. ZERO TOLERANCE Is probably my most unique and unconventional book -- a thriller set in the cloaked, cloistered world of juvenile justice. Namely, a youth reform camp set in the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pa. It also stands as my most researched novel to date. As a journalist, I spent years covering the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system at a time when the penalties and punishments for young offenders were being ratcheted up. All that authenticity is here -- along with a highly original plot that will have you guessing until the very last page. LAST CASE, my newest thriller, is set in 1978, just as acclaimed horror director George A. Romero is gearing up to shoot his zombie cult classic "Dawn of the Dead" in the Monroeville Mall, just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was a bit too young back in 1978 to offer my able body as one of Romero's delightfully desiccated corpses in "Dawn of the Dead." But I will never, ever forget watching the Monroeville Mall - a place where I shopped for school clothes and cruised for girls - turned into a splatter-filled shopping fest for the undead. I guess you could say it's haunted me all these years. --jcl, Feb./2013
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