Paperback: 348 pages
Publisher: L & L Dreamspell (January 16, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1603180842
ISBN-13: 978-1603180849

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Rick Rasner escaped death in a New York City bridge explosion – but he couldn’t escape becoming an unwitting participant in a top secret military experiment. When the Duke Organization, a group of ruthless killers, set off a violent explosion, they wiped out Rick Rasner’s life as he knew it.

Many years later, as he still struggled to remember any shred of his former existence, he put a new life together – as a therapist in the Brookhill Children’s Psychiatric Residence, a facility for troubled urban teens. Brookhill’s policies, set by head director Katherine Miller, seemed brutal and oppressive. She bullied the therapists too – Rick’s meek personality left him incapable of handling her attacks. He developed an unexplainable bond with fifteen-year-old patient Clara Blue – something about her conflicted, volatile personality struck a cord deep inside his psyche. Rick wanted to help her and the other patients, yet met with non-stop opposition from the staff.

The Duke Organization resurfaced, searching for Rick Rasner. When they found him at the Brookhill facility a bloody hostage situation ensued. The lives of both Rick and Clara were about to change – but for the better or worse? Disgraced mercenary Jake Scarberry was forced out of the witness protection program and back into action – after the Duke Organization. An unpredictable chain of events result between Jake, Rick, and the Duke Organization – and Clara Blue.

This complex psychological suspense/thriller will leave you questioning exactly who to root for in a battle of good versus evil.

The story starts out action packed.. Rick Rasner is caught in an explosion when the Duke Organization blows up a NY City bridge that he was driving across with his family. The explosion kills them all except Rick and leaves him with amnesia.

When Rick awakens, there’s been a prototype microchip implanted in Rick’s head is projected to manage his vicious, aggressive behavior, as a side affect memories of his past life are all but destroyed.

On the same bridge is Jake Scarberry, a mercenary and in the witness protection program. He is forced out of this program and back into action when the Duke Organization resurfaces. Duke trained his daughter, Jennifer, to follow in his footsteps. She has also been looking for Rick since the bridge explosion.

Fast forward seven years and Rick still only has occasional fuzzy flashbacks that doesn’t reveal who he was prior to the bridge explosion. Now working as a therapist at Brookhill Children’s Psychiatric Residence, dealing with his meekness and the abusive staff,  he is drawn to fifteen-year-old Clara Blue.

When a Duke operative locates Rick and starts off to the facility, the suspense only intensifies! All of the colorful characters will definitely keep you turning the pages!

About the Author.. Click on Mark’s Photo to learn more…

Mark Rosendorf ’s writing is based on the personalities and experiences he has come across throughout his life, coupled with his own wild “if only I could do that” imagination.

Born November, 25th, 1974, and raised in Queens New York, Mark now holds a Masters Degree from Long Island University’s Human Development and Leadership program. He is a licensed guidance counselor for the special education district of the New York City Department of Education. He began his counseling career in September, 2001.

Mark has worked with special needs inner-city students of various age groups, many of whom show a lack of impulse control and exhibit anti-social tendencies. For some, their ability to keep their inhibitions in check is difficult without help and assistance.

Mark is also a professional magician. He uses magic and Illusion to help focus his students on their behavior and scholastics in the school environment.

Prior to this, Mark worked in the hotel industry in guest services. Throughout his life, Mark has always had a detailed imagination and he has dreamed of becoming a published fiction writer. With a second book on the way, he now gets to live out his dream and share it with the world.

A Special Thanks goes out to Paula and Penny at for the opportunity to Review this Thriller!

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