Becoming Abigail
by Abani, Chris
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MA 2005 PhD 2006
Akashic Books  (2006)

Spirited and fiercely independent Abigail is brought as a teenager to London from Nigeria by relatives who attempt to force her into prostitution. She flees, struggling to find herself in the shadow of a strong but dead mother. In spare yet haunting and lyrical prose, Abani brings to life a young woman who lives with a strength and inner light that will enlighten and uplift the reader.

Graceland
by Abani, Chris
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MA 2005 PhD 2006
Farrar, Straus and Giroux  (2004)

A searing chronicle of a young man's coming of age in Nigeria during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The vulnerable, wide-eyed protagonist is Elvis Oke, a young Nigerian with a penchant for dancing and impersonating the American rock-and-roll singer he is named after. The story alternates between Elvis's early years in the 1970s, when his mother dies of cancer and leaves him with a disapproving father, and his life as a teenager in the Lago ghetto, a place one character calls "a pus-ridden eyesore on de face of de nation's capital."

Song for Night
by Abani, Chris
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MA 2005 PhD 2006
Akashic Books  (2007)

This harrowing novel by Nigerian poet and award-winning novelist Abani tells the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon.

The Virgin of Flames
by Abani, Chris
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MA 2005 PhD 2006
Penguin  (2007)

Set against the uncompromising landscape of East Los Angeles, Abani follows a struggling artist named Black, whose life and friendships reveal a world far removed from the mainstream. Through Black's self-discovery, Abani raises essential questions about poverty, religion, and ethnicity.

The Squire and the Blacksmith
by Adams, Randall
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1979
OakTara  (2009)

The Squire and the Blacksmith follows Garrett as he embarks on a desperate journey to Highland’s Gate to find his dad. Without permission to leave the Castle in the middle of the Testing, his days as a squire are at an end. Or are they? His adventures in Highland’s Gate, with his best friend, Charlie Forest, bring dangers, excitement, joys and disappointments. And, when all seems lost, help comes from an expected source.

The Squire and the King
by Adams, Randall
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1979
OakTara  (2009)

The Squire and the King introduces Garrett Scott, a boy who moves from the large metropolis of Highland’s Gate to the village of Melas. Although he hated his life in Highland’s Gate, he resented the fact he was now living in the middle of nowhere. Soon, however, he makes the first friends he’s ever had. They tell him about the King, his knights and, most important of all, the Selection of his squires. At the Fall Festival, only a few will be selected to begin the Testing. Only those who survive the Testing will become squires to the King.

Natasha: And Other Stories
by Bezmozgis, David
USC School of Cinematic Arts, MFA 1999
Picador USA  (2004)

A dazzling debut, and a publishing phenomenon, this tender and savagely funny collection from a young immigrant has taken the critics by storm. The stories in Natasha possess a serious wit and uniquely Jewish perspective that recall the first published stories of Bernard Malamud and Philip Roth.

Angels Fall
by Birtcher, Baron
USC Marshall School of Business, 1981
Iota Publishing  (2008)

The disappearance of a teenage girl draws former Los Angeles detective Mike Travis away from his scuba charter business into the bowels of an underground culture driven by designer narcotics and violent sex. What he uncovers is a world built on secrets and entire lives built on lies.

Salmon Run
by Capps, Shannon (S.W.)
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, 1987
Inkwater Press  (2007)

With the law, a bloodthirsty ex-wife, and a hired killer on his heels, Woodrow Salmon, a desperate corporate executive turned fugitive, embarks on a strange and harrowing journey, one that will lead him through the minefields of his past and change his life forever. Are there really second chances in life? Only if we take them.

Hot Tamara
by Castillo, Mary
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1996
HarperCollins Avon  (2005)

Tamara finally cuts the apron strings and leaves her mama's house for life in downtown Los Angeles.

In Between Men
by Castillo, Mary
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1996
HarperCollins Avon  (2006)

Single mother and ESL teacher, Isa Avellan trades up her dowdy looks and gets more than she bargained for after a tryst with her son's sexy soccer coach.

Switchcraft
by Castillo, Mary
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1996
HarperCollins Avon  (2007)

Two best friends who have grown apart become a little too close for comfort when they accidentally switch bodies, lives, closets and men.

Hidden Voices, the Orphan Musicians of Venice
by Collins, Pat Lowery
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1953
Candlewick Press  (2009)

Set in the early 1700s in the heart of Venice, this remarkable novel deftly weaves the history of Antonio Vivaldi's early musical career into the lives of three young women who excel in voice and instrument. Under the composer's tutelage and care, the orphans find expression, sustenance, and passion. But can the sheltered life of the orphanage prepare them for the unthinkable dangers outside its walls?

I am a Dancer
by Collins, Pat Lowery
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1953
Millbrook Press  (2008)

You don't need lessons, special shoes, or even music to be a dancer. Whenever you bound down the stairs, throw a ball, or just romp around on the lawn, you're moving just the way a dancer does.

The Sixth Form
by Dolby, Tom
College Of Letters,Arts & Sciences, MPW 2003
Kensington Press  (2008)

When seventeen-year-old Ethan Whitley leaves his home in California for Berkley Academy, a prestigious Massachusetts prep school, he's a blank slate, a shy follower of rules in search of himself. Ethan is given the chance to start over when he is hand-picked by his wealthy, disaffected classmate, Todd Eldon, and a seductive, enigmatic teacher, Hannah McClellan, a free spirit for whom rules were meant to be broken.

Save the Whales Please
by Gatien, Konrad Karl
USC School of Cinematic Arts, MA 1992/MFA
&  Screescanda
USC Cinematic Arts , MFA
Kunati, Inc.  (2009)

A young, beautiful eco-terrorist, the American president's wife is determined to stop the over-hunting of whales by the Japanese, the Norwegians, and others, so she embarks on a daring plan to drive a stranded herd of blue whales from the Arctic to the opposite end of the earth: the Antarctic.

A Code for Tomorrow
by Gobbell, John J.
College Of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1960
St. Martin's Press  (1999)

Fresh from his exploits in Corregidor, Navy lieutenant Todd Ingram is back in this sequel to John J. Gobbell's The Last Lieutenant. As the war in the South Pacific heats up, Lieutenant Ingram gets a new assignment to the destroyer USS Howell, on which he will serve as executive officer. Thrown into two epic naval battles of World War II, the battle of Cape Esperance and the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, a young but already battle-weary Todd Ingram is also in the middle of a personal nightmare: his girlfriend, Army nurse Helen Durand, is trapped behind enemy lines, fighting for the resistance on Mindanao. With Soviet espionage activity hindering his attempted rescue of Helen, Lieutenant Ingram is at an impasse. In danger of losing both the woman he loves and a war in which he has fought

When Duty Whispers Low
by Gobbell, John J.
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1960
St. Martin's Press  (2002)

It's 1943, and the U.S. Navy is caught in a fierce battle against the Japanese in the South Pacific. At stake, is the Allies' newly won Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. But Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral of the Combined Fleet and architect of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, desperately wants Guadalcanal back and prepares to launch a series of bombing raids in the Solomons. In response, the Allies introduce the proximity fuse to the fleet-a top-secret antiaircraft detonator that can greatly assist the U.S. Navy in their fight against Japanese dive-bombers and torpedo planes. But in the heat of combat, Commander Jerry Landa refuses to use the fuse, and the USS Howell is torn in half. Lieutenant Commander Todd Ingram confronts Landa, questioning his authority. As the two become enemies in

The Last Lieutenant
by Gobbell, John J.
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1960
St. Martin's Press  (1995)

Under an unstoppable barrage of artillery, U.S. cryptographers crack the Japanese top-secret code, revealing their chilling plans for a doomsday attack on Midway Island. Worse yet, there is a mole among the code-cracking team--a Nazi spy on orders to aid the Japanese. Enter Navy Lt. Todd Ingram--the man the mole didn't count on.

The Neptune Strategy
by Gobbell, John J.
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1960
St. Martin's Press  (2004)

In 1944, the Allies have delivered a stunning blow to Hitler's Western front. In the Pacific, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance's Fifth fleet is poised to eviscerate the Japanese Navy--and begin a new war for the occupied islands. But in the center of this world-spanning drama, a lone Japanese submarine is on a mission of a very different kind. And on board is Todd Ingram, a prisoner of war and captive of fate. Navy brass knows Ingram is on the sub, but can't reveal its ability to break Japanese code. So Ingram's friend, Captain Jerry Landa, is put in charge of a covert "Neptune Strategy" to save Ingram. But Landa can't help himself as he falls for Ingram's wife Helen while the top brass demands to know where the Japanese sub is going, who is in command--and what its astounding ultimate mission

The Brutus Lie
by Gobbell, John J.
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1960
Charles Scribner's Sons  (1991)

Brutus is a top-secret, state-of-the-art minisub. When its designer, ex-SEAL Brad Lofton, witnesses a murder that heralds a betrayed intelligence operation, he commandeers the sub for a desperate voyage to Russia. There he discovers that he and Brutus are pawns in a deeper game, involving a Soviet officer who is Lofton's identical twin brother, and their father, a Russian mole at the heart of America's defense system.

A Call to Colors
by Gobbell, John J.
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1960
Random House/Presidio Press  (2006)

"I shall return" is General Douglas MacArthur's promise to the Filipinos. It will take 165,000 troops and 700 ships in the bloody battle of Leyte Gulf to do it. Among them is the destroyer USS Matthew and her skipper, Commander Mike Donovan, a veteran haunted by earlier savage battles. What Donovan doesn't know is that Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap as the Matthew heads for the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf. But Donovan faces something even deadlier than Kurita's battleships: Explosives secretly slipped on board American ships by saboteurs are set to detonate at any time. Now the USS Matthew's survival hinges on the ability of Donovan and his men to dismantle a bomb in the midst of the panic and the chaos of history's greatest naval battle

Depth of Revenge
by Golden, Richard
Gould School of Law, JD 1980
iUniverse-Indigo  (2009)

As leader of the Israeli submarine Tekumah, Commander Gilad has the sole authority to launch nuclear-tipped cruise missiles against cities housing millions. But while out at sea, the unthinkable occurs. Devastating nuclear explosions in Israel and attacks against Israeli embassies destroy any chance of peace in the Middle East. Following the attacks, Gilad has no way to receive orders from civilian or military authorities, and must draw on all his training to lead his men and decide how and when to retaliate. Faced with a lengthy mission, food and fuel shortages, a fire, and an attack by a surface ship, Gilad struggles to maintain order.

Over the Holidays
by Harper, Sandra
USC Annenberg School for Communication, 1979
Simon & Schuster  (2009)

It's only December 1, and Vanessa Clayton has been dreading Christmas since she spotted tinseled trees at her local mall in September. Thankfully, she and her husband, JT, can't afford to drag their twin boys across the country to New England for the annual celebration at her stuffy sister-in-law Patience's home. Not that Vanessa has prepared a proper Christmas for her family in years, and she has less time than ever since she agreed to consult on the script of a local play. Her older sister, Thea, is no help -- she'd rather make art and flirt with surfers than babysit her nine-year-old nephews. Then Patience drops a holiday stress bomb: Her family will come to California instead.

High Tea
by Harper, Sandra
Annenberg School for Communication, 1979
Pocket Books  (2008)

Society meets superficiality in this delightful debut, set in a tea room in an ultra-trendy Los Angeles neighborhood and run by a middle-aged proper British lady who finds herself caught between two worlds.

Catch-22
by Heller, Joseph
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, non-degreed
Simon & Schuster  (1961)

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary. At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions that he is committed to flying, he is trapped by the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade.

Fireproof
by Jha, Raj Kamal
USC Annenberg School for Communication, MS 1990
MacMillan UK  (2007)

February 2002. A helpless nation watches as the city of Ahmedabad in India is rocked by religious violence. In the aftermath and before the sun rises, more than 100 Muslim men, women, and children are killed, most burned alive. Above the smoke and flames, the dead begin to intervene. So begins Raj Kamal Jha's mesmerizing new novel, in which the murdered whisper from footnotes and photographs.

Meeting Across the River
by Kaye, Jessica (editor)
USC Marshall School of Business, MBA 1984
&  Brewer, Richard (co-editor)
Bloomsbury USA  (2005)

Bruce Springsteen's melancholy ""Meeting Across the River,"" a song rarely performed but beloved by his countless fans, serves as the inspiration for this eclectic mix of short stories written by Eric Garcia, C.J. Box, Barbara Seranella, David Corbett, Gregg Hurwitz, and Steve Hamilton, among others.

Bones
by Kellerman, Jonathan
College Of Letters, Arts & Sciences, Phd 1974
Ballantine Books  (2008)

In #1 New York Times-bestselling author Kellerman's new Alex Delaware novel, the psychologist-sleuth follows a grisly trail of bones to a devious and malevolent killer.

Secret Son
by Lalami, Laila
College Of Letters,Arts & Sciences, MA 1994, PhD 1997
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill  (2009)

In the spirit of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Lalami's powerful first novel explores the struggle for identity, the need for family, and the desperation that overtakes ordinary lives in a country divided by class, politics, and religion.

The King of Methlehem
by Lindquist, Mark
USC School of Cinematic Arts, 1981
Simon & Schuster  (2008)

A new novel from acclaimed author Lindquist ripped-from-the-headlines look at the drug underworld, in which veteran police detective Wyatt James tracks a powerful methamphetamine distributor through a world of addiction, destruction, and madness.

It's About Your Husband
by Lipton, Lauren
USC Annenberg School for Communication, 1989
5 Spot  (2006)

Thirty-two year-old Iris Hedge isn't exactly on sure footing. She's left her husband in LA and moved to New York for her dream job as a marketing researcher at one of the world's most prestigious firms. But after only five weeks, she's laid off. Now Iris is in a new town with no job, has a divorce on the horizon and only one friend to speak of: a wild-child named Val. When Val's twin sister Vickie asks Iris to spy on her possibly-cheating husband, Iris is desperate (and poor) enough to agree. Soon she has a whole new business on her hands: spying on men for the doubting women in their lives.

Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp
by Lipton, Lauren
USC Annenberg School for Communication, 1989
Hachette Book Group  (2009)

After arguing with her live-in boyfriend about his inability to commit, Peggy Adams flies to a friend's bachelorette party in Vegas, and wakes next to a man she can't remember. Hung-over and miserable, she leaves the sleeping man's hotel room and returns to New York. There her boyfriend apologizes and gives her a Tiffany box containing a pre-engagement ring. The next day, Luke, her Vegas one-night stand, calls claiming she's married him! Both are ready for an annulment, until Peggy arrives in quaint New Nineveh CT, where Luke cares for his Great Aunt, who makes Peggy an unexpected offer.

Stealing Thunder
by Mandaville, Michael
College Of Letters,Arts & Sciences, MPW 2000
Dog Ear Publishing  (2008)

FBI agent John Blaine is launched into a web of international intrigue when his drug investigation turns up high-tech military smugglers. His enemy: legendary KGB Colonel Konev whose crack team of former Spetznaz operate as mercenaries to the highest bidder - a member of the Chinese Politburo seeking power. From America's nuclear Silent Service to her Carrier Battle Groups, the halls of the Forbidden City to the cities across America, Blaine runs against the clock to stop a plot for nuclear war.

Months and Seasons
by Meeks, Christopher
College Of Letters,Arts & Sciences, MPW 1982
White Whiskers Books  (2008)

With a combination of characters from young to old and with drama and humor, these tales pursue such people as a supermodel who awakens after open-heart surgery, a famous playwright who faces a firestorm consuming the landscape, and a New Yorker who thinks she's a chicken.

The Brightest Moon of the Century
by Meeks, Christopher
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MPW 1982
White Whiskers Books  (2009)

Edward, a young Minnesotan, is blessed with an abundance of "experience"-first when his mother dies and next when his father, an encyclopedia salesman, shoehorns Edward into a private boys school where he's tortured and groomed. Edward needs a place in the universe, but he wants an understanding of women. He stumbles into romance in high school, careens through dorm life in college, whirls into a tornado of love problems as a mini-mart owner in a trailer park in Alabama, and aims for a film career in Los Angeles. Will his love for a Latina prove to be the one? In nine chapters, the reader experiences Edward's life from ages 14 to 45.

Caspian Rain
by Nahai, Gina
College Of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MPW 1988
Macadam/Cage  (2007)

From the bestselling author of Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith comes a stirring, lyrical tale that offers American readers a unique insight into the inner workings of Iranian society, and takes them into the tragic and fascinating world of a brave young girl struggling against impossible odds.

Freshwater Road
by Nicholas-Hill, Denise
College Of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1987
Pocket Star Books  (2008)

Celeste Tyree, a young black collegian, leaves Michigan for Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to help found a Freedom School and a voter registration project . Soon she confronts truths about herself and her own family. Winner of the 2006 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.

Kingdom of Simplicity
by Payne, Holly
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MPW 1997
Skywriter Books  (2009)

Based on a true story and written as a response to a drunk driver who asked for her forgiveness, Holly Payne's Kingdom of Simplicity offers a detailed portrait of the Pennsylvania Amish, whose practice of forgiveness inspired this story about Eli Yoder, a misguided Amish youth, who leaves home during rumspringa, the time of running around for Amish youth before they accept their faith. A surprising friendship in the Outside World teaches Eli how to laugh again and come to terms with the tragic events of his past.

The Sound of Blue
by Payne, Holly
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MPW 1997
Dutton Adult  (2004)

In 1992, after getting rejected from Harvard Law School, Sara Foster flees to teach English in Hungary. She envisions a glamorous Budapest "where poets and politicians gobbled cakes and cobbled history, mixing ink with icing, calling it sweet," but instead finds herself giving lessons in optimism to Croatian refugees in Csokhid who have fled the "twentieth-century psoriasis" of war. Though used to solitude, Sara feels painfully disconnected; she finds comfort in the music of Milan, a Serbian composer who welcomes her attention ("The sound of blue had permitted perfect strangers to turn toward each other in one measured moment of refuge"). But when Milan returns to his native Dubrovnik to face his demons, Sara follows him.

The Virgin's Knot
by Payne, Holly
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MPW 1997
Dutton Adult  (2002)

In 1950s Turkey, Nurdane is stricken with polio as a child, and is unable to walk without aid. Nurdane's mystical gift for weaving becomes her sole focus, and her rugs become legendary. The people of her village believe that her rugs are imbued with magic that heals the sick and ensures the birth of male children, and thus Nurdane's creations become the highest prize in any woman's dowry. But she yearns for more from her life, and begins to realize that there is more she must do. Between the schemes of her father, the desires of the man who loves her, and the interest of an anthropologist on a quest to uncover the Goddess, Nurdane sees a way to fulfill her deepest desire.

Duck Duck Wally
by Rotter, Gabe
USC School of Cinematic Arts, 2000
Simon & Schuster  (2008)

In his hilarious debut novel, Rotter takes readers through an uproarious ride through Los Angeles as Wally Moscowitz an awkward, frumpy thirtysomething wannabe writer uncovers an overblown blackmail conspiracy and must fight garish forces just to stay alive.

The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez
by Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
College Of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1989
Jump at the Sun  (2008)

Sitomer, an acclaimed author as well as California's Teacher of the Year for 2007, delivers a poignant, funny coming-of-age story about a first-generation Hispanic teen torn between her dreams and her ""familia."

Homeboyz
by Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
College Of Letters,Arts & Sciences, 1989
Jump at the Sun  (2007)

In the final installment of his Hoopster trilogy, Sitomer delivers his darkest, most dramatic and most hopeful work yet.

Nine Hundred & Sixty Nine: West Hollywood Stories
by Soucy, Stephen (editor)
College Of Letters, Arts & Sciences, MPW 1990
iUniverse-Indigo  (2008)

Established writers and newcomers contribute short stories about living, loving and surviving in the gay mecca of Los Angeles.

Easterns and Westerns: Short Stories by Glendon Swarthout
by Swarthout, Miles Hood (editor)
USC School of Cinematic Arts, MA 1973
Michigan State University Press  (2001)

The only collection of short stories by bestselling author Glendon Swarthout, edited by his son. Arizona novelist Swarthout had eight movies made from his books. Easterns and Westerns includes a lengthy afterword, detailing Swarthout's literary career, and introduces all 13 stories and a previously unpublished novella. One of these stories became the basis of a 1956 Randolph Scott western, Seventh Cavalry; another was adapted into a prizewinning short comedy film, Mulligans!, starring Tippi Hedren. An O'Henry Prize Finalist is included. Swarthout's brief autobiography and a WW II poem completes this varied short story collection by one of America's best modern novelists.

Rules for Saying Goodbye
by Taylor, Katharine
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1995
Picador USA  (2007)

In this deliciously witty and affecting debut novel, fiction winks at real life: Katherine Taylor is its muddled heroine, and also its author who has written a bittersweet yet comic coming-of-age tale that has an unerring feel for the delights and malaise of a generation.

The Apostle
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Atria  (2009)

When the daughter of media titan James Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, Gallo turns to his most powerful ally, the newly elected president of the United States. But even the president cannot help the Gallo family -- at least not publicly. One of al-Qaeda's top operatives, Mustafa Khan, is being held inside the Kabul prison, and the Taliban are willing to make a deal -- Susan Gallo in exchange for Khan. There's just one problem. The newly elected president campaigned on the refusal to negotiate with terrorists. If he goes back on his word, both America and his presidency will be gravely damaged. Enter, Scot Harvath.

Blowback
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Pocket Books  (2005)

When a plague works its way through the United States and Europe, Navy SEAL turned Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is chosen by the president to find out who is responsible.

The First Commandment
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Atria  (2007)

Covert counterterrorism agent Scot Harvath awakens to discover that his world has changed violently -- and forever. A sadistic assassin with a personal vendetta is wreaking havoc of biblical proportions. Unleashing nightmarish horrors on those closest to Harvath, the attacker thrusts everything Harvath holds dear -- including his life -- into absolute peril.

The Last Patriot
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Atria  (2008)

When a car bomb explodes outside a Parisian cafe, Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is thrust back into the life he has tried so desperately to leave behind. Saving the intended victim of the attack, Harvath becomes party to an amazing and perilous race to uncover a secret so powerful that militant Islam could be defeated once and for all without firing another shot, dropping another bomb, or launching another covert action. But as desperate as the American government is to have the information brought to light, there are powerful forces aligned against it - men who are just as determined that Mohammed's mysterious final revelation continue to remain hidden forever.

The Lions of Lucerne
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Pocket Star Books  (2002)

The President of the United States has been kidnapped from a ski slope in Utah, with most of his thirty-man Secret Service detail left slaughtered in the snow. Middle Eastern terrorists may be responsible, but ex-Navy Seal Scot Harvath, the lone surviving agent, isn't so sure. Now his quest for the truth soon leads him to the ice-crusted mountains of Switzerland and into the hidden fortress of an ultra-secret group of trained killers, who have decided that Scot is too dangerous to be left unchecked.

Path of the Assassin
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Pocket Books  (2003)

After rescuing the President from kidnappers, Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath shifts his attentions to rooting out, capturing, or killing all those responsible for the plot. As he prepares to close out his list, a bloody and twisted trail of clues points toward one man -- the world's most feared, most ruthless terrorist, Hashim Nidal. Having assembled an international league of Islamic terrorist networks in an ingenious plot to topple both Israel and America, Harvath and his CIA-led team must reach Nidal before it's too late. One problem remains -- they have no idea what the man looks like. With no alternative, Harvath is forced to recruit a civilian -- a woman who has survived a brutal hijacking and is now the only person who can positively identify their quarry.

State of the Union
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Pocket Star Books  (2005)

Assigned to a covert section of the Department of Homeland Security and charged with defending the nation against all foreign aggressors by any means necessary, ex-Navy SEAL and Secret Service Agent Scot Harvath finds himself hand-picked by the president to unravel a brilliantly orchestrated, fiendishly timed conspiracy that has already shattered the fragile peace between the world's nations and which, if successful, will leave the United States in smoldering ruins. With family friend and former Deputy FBI Director Gary Lawlor nowhere to be found and suspected of betraying his country, Harvath embarks on an adventure that will test the bonds of loyalty and reveal a nation's deepest secrets as he plunges into the frigid heart of the Russian tundra to save the United States.

Takedown
by Thor, Brad
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 1992
Pocket Star Books  (2007)

After years without a terrorist attack on American soil, one group has picked the 4th of July weekend to pull out all the stops. In a perfectly executed attack, all of the bridges and tunnels leading into and out of Manhattan are destroyed just as thousands of commuters begin their holiday exodus. With domestic efforts focused on search and rescue, a deadly team of highly trained foreign soldiers methodically makes its way through the city with the singular objective of locating one of their own -- a man so powerful that America will do anything to keep him hidden. Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is now the country's only hope.