Conrad Brasso > Quotes

“Trey took a deep breath and looked over to his childhood friend. Exhaling slowly, he leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling. “It’s so hard. But you’re right, of course. You’re absolutely right. I will grieve fully for my son. Just not today.” “I’m so sorry, Trey,” she”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“Within thirty minutes, the refrigerator was plugged in and humming, the stove was operational and some rough cabinetry had been bolted to the warehouse wall. Because the new kitchen location was adjacent to a bathroom, Trey was going to make a hole in the wall and reconfigure the plumbing.”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“Now, Stone was seething. Almost uncontrollable feelings surged through his body. He imagined himself ripping off the ambassador’s ears and arms. He squirmed – straining at his zip ties. His breathing was labored. His wrists and ankles were bleeding as the ties cut through his flesh to his bones.”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“A true fiction author is able to act through each character in their book and deliver stunning performances.”
― Conrad Brasso

“Lin Lin covered her mouth and gasped in dismay. “Oh no! It was my daughter’s dream home!”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“It was Ambassador Wei Li Huang! His evil eyes sparkled. “My! My! My! So easily captured!”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“You must be Michiko Imada,” Lenny said, bowing and looking at the ground.”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“A good character in a novel brings out emotions from your past and plants them in front of you - as terrifying as that may be. I find I either hate them for it, or I want to be their friend.”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“You can send the information to your PDA or tablet by touching the information once and then tapping send,” Saara explained. “It will bring up a highly secured list of tablets, PDA’s and phones – basically everyone on our team. Pick yours, enter your password and send it. If you want to send it to someone else’s device, pick theirs, enter your password and send”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark

“Hi Bora, this is Michi.” “Hi! It’s nice to hear your voice. How was the U2 concert?” “It was so great. I can’t wait to tell you about it and show you all the pictures. I think Saara had a good time, too.” “How is Fox?”
― Conrad Brasso, Torching The Crimson Flag

“Just as they were reaching the wall of the building, Justin spoke urgently. “Hostiles on roof!” But it was too late!! Two figures had thrown off their protective heat shields and jumped from the roof of the building onto the backs of the CIA agents. Trey fought hard. His attacker was standing behind him with his hand around the agent’s throat. Stone elbowed his attacker in the face and bit hard on his hand. Howling, his assailant let go of Trey’s esophagus, but punched him in the kidney and slammed his foot into Trey’s groin. He unleashed a flurry of punches into the back of the agent’s head, knocking him to the ground. In a flash the hostile had zip-tied Trey’s ankles and wrists.”
― Conrad Brasso, Hunting the Midnight Shark