Payday

by Howard Gordon, Robert Brack (Translator)

Gideon Davis musste seinen friedenstiftenden Job als „Peacemaker“ in Konflikten rund um den Globus aufgeben, als er sich für seinen in Ungnade gefallenen Bruder einsetzte. Nun führt er ein unauffälliges Leben als Dozent und plant gerade seine Hochzeit, als er von einem Terroranschlag erfährt, der die gesamte Führungsschicht der USA auslöschen soll. Doch das FBI glaubt seinen Warnungen nicht, und Gideon macht sich im Alleingang auf die Jagd nach den Verschwörern. Nur sein Bruder hilft ihm dabei – und so sind die beiden ganz auf sich gestellt, um den schlimmsten Anschlag in der Geschichte der USA zu verhindern ...

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 17, 2014

About the author

Howard Gordon was the Showrunner and Executive Producer of the hit television series, 24. A twenty-five year industry veteran, Mr. Gordon first gained national attention for his award-winning work on the groundbreaking series The X-Files, for which he won multiple Golden Globes.

His other credits include Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast, Sisters and Spenser: For Hire. He created the innovative 1999 drama Strange World and the series The Inside.

His current projects include Homeland, which he co-created, and Awake, for which he'll serve as Showrunner and Executive Producer. Gordon's first novel, Gideon's War, was published in 2011 with a sequel, Hard Target, to be released in January 2012.

Howard graduated from Princeton University, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children. He is an active member of the Pacific Counsel on International Relations, and a current board member and former president of the Stroke Association of Southern California.

Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HowardMGordon or via his website at http://howardmgordon.com