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She was beautiful, alluring and deadly, credited with dozens of brutal contract killings. He was a celebrated writer and a social neanderthal who generally found his fellow man to be an annoyance and distraction. Their worlds collide when she recruits him to write her biography. He is captivated, intoxicated and slowly finds himself relating with her scarred humanity and it scares the daylights out of him.She was a black widow -- and he knew it -- but still he couldn't resist a strange, self-destructive attraction. She'd been hunted by international law enforcement agencies and particularly by one obsessed FBI agent for over two decades to no avail. Now, to find her, they realize they can follow the writer to their secret meetings and once she'd been eliminated, he would be next to keep her secrets from being published and the implications that would follow.All the while the puppetmasters, the shadowy L mdearg, watch and bide their time."While plumbing the depths of the world's most proliferate and most wanted contract killer, probing deep into her soul and her psyche to seek out any shards of humanity to help tell her story, I found myself relating and inadvertently discovered my own. A frightening and, at times, crippling process -- the most introspective and life-changing experience of my life."- Jack Walsh"One Kill: Hunting Lilith" is a relentless, fast-paced adventure filled with intricately woven plots, multi-level mysteries, disturbing images and hidden agendas. A psychological thriller that challenges the reader to relate and realize their own humanity. Spies, law enforcement agents, people and things that aren't what they appear to be and the wrenching process of self-discovery. Like being frozen with fear as one stares into the cold, black eyes of a snake that at any moment could strike without warning -- or reason. All of which sprinkled with Jack Walsh's signature sarcasm, David Wharton's snarky comments and author Bob Pierce's vivid images, attention to realism and depth of each unique character. A tale of love and hate, life and death, triumph and tragedy, sacrifice and life-altering terror.Bob PierceBob grew up in Connecticut and moved to Vermont with his wife, Stephanie, in the late eighties. As a boy, he and his family spent summers in the Northeast Kingdom and he'd grown to love the genuineness and determination of the people of the rural north country. He now lives in Chittenden County in the northwestern corner of the state and became enamoured with the small towns and cities there, particularly that of St. Albans where he has set the characters of several of his books.He's a student of humanity, continually observing and studying the people around him and the way they do the things they do, many of whom will become part of future novels in one capacity or other -- both good guys and bad guys. A co-worker, a waitress, a passer-by on the sidewalk or even the recollections of a high school classmate are potential fodder for the myriad of characters who populate his novels. These authentic characters keep it real and believable."One Kill: Hunting Lilith" is his tenth published novel and the fifth of his Lamdearg stories featuring the shadowy Northern Irish organization helmed by the royal family manipulating global economics, politics, business and technology. In this latest novel, the group engages in an international effort to capture the elusive assassin who has thwarted their efforts in the past and taken the lives of trusted and beloved friends and colleagues.Through exhaustive research and personal experiences, Bob crafts his novels with attention to authentic detail. His characters are human and deeply faceted, the writing is accessible and fast-paced. Bob lives with his wife in northwestern Vermont, they have three grown sons and five granddaughters. Connect with him through the website BobsAwesomeBooks.com and the Bob's Awesome Books Facebook page.

When the High King, the R Ard of irin is murdered and a plot is unfolded to kill his daughter, the one and only rightful heir, steal the throne and take control of the powerful and shadowy L mdearg, Gennivere O'Neill is suddenly thrust into the center of a deadly confrontation that, if successful, would take her life and destroy the royal House of O'Neill. Pytor Chichikov, a Russian Vory boss from America, hunts her across Europe and Asia while a covert office within Buckingham Palace who fears an Irish revolution puts MI-6 onto the hunt and traitorous members of the L mdearg try to take advantage of what appears to be a moment of weakness; she cannot be certain of whom she can trust and must rely on her wits, her own resourcefulness and the help of a few unlikely and unexpected allies. She had been a powerful and ruthless businesswoman working for her father before his death. Whenever she'd step into boardrooms anywhere in the world, strong men would tremble. But now she finds herself alone and needs to find that same power within herself to face the genuine life-and-death challenges that threaten her, to overtly exhibit that power - not just to defeat those who would see her swept out of the way - but to defiantly prove to her detractors, to the Clans and to the people of Ireland and the world her worthiness. To risk everything and fight for the Throne of irin; for the hunted to become the hunter. Some princesses don't wear tiaras. Ascention, The Fight for the Throne of irin is steeped with Irish heritage and history. It's a fast-paced page-turner filled with action, honor, intrigue and national pride. "a wild ride...witty and so Irish...buckle your seatbelt " - Kathleen Knight Friend of Burlington Irish Heritage Society

Neuroatypical - autistic - Dylan Sebring watches an appraiser on a national antiques television show tell the story of a nineteenth-century French bronze figurine that a man had brought from his home in Vermont. The statue is one of a trio called The Three Graces and across their bronze bases are engraved the cryptic clues to the hiding place of Leonardo DaVinci's storied Mona Lisa portrait, stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911. Dylan is captivated by the story and becomes fixated on the need to solve the hundred year old puzzle. Undaunted by the limitations of his autism and conversely relying on his savant skills, he steals the statue but is soon caught by novelist Jack Walsh who (against his better judgement) is recruited to help the son of the statue's owner to locate when the police reach a dead end in their investigation. Along with the help of his caustic hacker research assistant, he tracks down Dylan and the statue at his parents' home in Rhode Island. But after meeting him, Jack realizes that the determined young man is not fazed by warnings of the dangers of delving into the world of the criminal black-market because, in his mind, it's just what he has to do. So Jack convinces his associates to contribute their unique skills to pitch in and help Dylan find the other two bronzes and solve the puzzle. The motley team of four reluctantly learn to work together, to watch one another's backs and rescue one another from the deadly challenges they encounter. They are ambushed, kidnapped and chased halfway around the world by desperate international art thieves and those who would stop at nothing to keep them from revealing the existence of the long-lost original painting. Follow this motley and often dysfunctional team as they seek out all of The Three Graces to unravel the mystery. You will be encouraged and inspired by this very special adventure packed with author Bob Pierce's signature, fast-paced action, Jack Walsh's infamous sarcasm, a smorgasbord of conspiracy theories, festering paranoia - and a young man who seems to leave everyone he touches just a little changed. ------ "...fabulous...fun to read...I love that you chose a person with autism/asperger's as one of your characters...you present him as a smart, quirky, intriguing young man, much like my son. The story was great and it kept me totally engaged...a wonderful job of characterization." - Melissa Myers

Living in reclusion, a retired Sherlock Holmes feels useless and irrelevant and slips slowly into an atrophying melancholy until a nefarious woman from his past shows up unexpectedly at his doorstep and draws him into a new adventure. Against the backdrop of the First World War and the unrest in both England and Ireland following the Easter Rising revolt, a simple task becomes ominously complicated and dangerous at every turn - nearly as complicated and dangerous as his burgeoning relationship with the notorious Irene Adler. Bob Pierce, author of best-selling action adventure novels Hunting Lilith, The Dakota Chronicle, Ascention, and others, lends his well-known passion for spinning tales of action, adventure and interwoven plots to the venerable character of Sherlock Holmes. True to the traditions of the character, he brings out the Holmes' humanity, idiosyncracies and indominable spirit in a compelling story rife with the dangers of the times, bawdy Irish shipyard workers and a mysterious ethereal visitor with his own unspoken agenda.

During the Cold-War's nuclear arms race, the Soviet Union devised and built a network of nuclear devices amounting to a doomsday bomb, a legend amongst the intelligence communities of the west. The project was abandoned for decades until a madman bent on world domination began to restore and retrofit the network and now threatens to force his new world order or blow it up altogether. With the Russian Federation denying the project's very existence and the rest of the world's nations risk the fate of billions of lives by using the situation to vie for power, R Ard Eamon O'Neill and the L mdearg inject themselves into the fray to disable the bombs and stop the Russian mobster at any cost. If they fail, everyone will die...everyone. This fast-paced adventure pits the L mdearg against forces who would try and block them from stopping what could be the end of civilization on the planet while bringing together a motley team to save it, forcing former enemies to work together, collaborations across cultures and generations and making choices that mean life or death - even their own. The action is non-stop from the very beginning and doesn't let up until the last page of the last chapter.