The Abelard Sanction

Mortalis #3.5

by David Morrell

Experience a heart-pumping and thrilling tale of suspense!Originally published in THRILLER (2006),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson.In this exciting Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling writer David Morrell revisits Saul, a character from his wildly popular thriller Brotherhood of the Rose. An unexplained attack on Saul’s village motivates him to reenter the fray. It’s also what motivated Morrell to revisit a character he’d thought long gone. But what would a Brotherhood story be without the Abelard sanction?Don’t miss any of these exciting Thriller James Penney’s New Identity by Lee ChildOperation Northwoods by James GrippandoEpitaph by J. A. KonrathThe Face in the Window by Heather GrahamKowalski’s in Love by James RollinsThe Hunt for Dmitri by Gayle LyndsDisfigured by Michael Palmer and Daniel PalmerThe Abelard Sanction by David MorrellFalling by Chris MooneySuccess of a Mission by Dennis LyndsThe Portal by John Lescroart and M. J. RoseThe Double Dealer by David LissDirty Weather by Gregg HurwitzSpirit Walker by David DunAt the Drop of a Hat by Denise HamiltonThe Other Side of the Mirror by Eric Van LustbaderMan Catch by Christopher RiceGoodnight, Sweet Mother by Alex KavaSacrificial Lion by Grant BlackwoodInterlude at Duane’s by F. Paul WilsonThe Powder Monkey by Ted BellSurviving Toronto by M. Diane VogtAssassins by Christopher ReichThe Athens Solution by Brad ThorDiplomatic Constraints by Raelynn HillhouseKill Zone by Robert LiparuloThe Devils’ Due by Steve BerryThe Tuesday Club by Katherine NevilleGone Fishing by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Short Stories, Action, Espionage

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

David Morrell is a Canadian novelist from Kitchener, Ontario, who has been living in the United States for a number of years. He is best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become a successful film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. More recently, he has been writing the Captain America comic books limited-series The Chosen.

Reviews

[David Dalton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it and want more of it. Super short but does it bring back memories of one of my favorite spy/assassin stories (this ties into the world of Robert Ludlum and James Bryon Huggins). Cannot wait to read several more of these short thrillers. My digital library has them all and I plan to read most of them. Come on David, lets have another full length book based on these characters!

[itchy · Rating 5 out of 5]

brief synopsis:
romulus bends the rules of the abelard sanction again, but this time it's explosive.

setting:
santa fe, new mexico

named personalities:
peter abelard - a poet and theologian of the dark ages
heloise - peter's beautiful student whom he seduced
saul grisman aka romulus - a jew looking for a woman
edward lee howard - a double agent
chen - a priest; the abelard housekeeper in santa fe
christopher 'chris' kilmoonie aka remus - saul's irish brother of sorts
benjamin franklin - an american founding father
john adams - an american statesman
edward franciscus eliot - the cia's director for counterespionage
erika bernstein - a former mossad operative; saul's wife
yusuf habib - a psychologist bastard who recruits suicide bombers

a dish best served cold.
something i would like.

[Glen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little short story that left me wanting for more.

[Zare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short story in which author returns to Saul, protagonist from the Brotherhood of the Rose. It is a short revenge story where Abelard protocol comes back to front (when I started to read the story I had a deja vu feeling because Brotherhood of the Rose starts almost in the same way).

Good short story - wont go into details here because to say anything more is to basically re-tell it. Chronologically it is set before the The League of Night and Fog and it explains the opening events taking place in Saul's kibbutz.

Recommended to all thriller fans.

[Maureen Lamb · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Abelard Sanction was originally published in THRILLER, a collection of short stories, edited by bestselling author James Patterson.
In this exciting Thriller Short, writer David Morrell revisits Saul, a character from his wildly popular thriller Brotherhood of the Rose. An unexplained attack on Saul’s village motivates him to reenter the fray, to eliminate a rival threat. What would a Brotherhood story be without the Abelard sanction?
This is a quick, good read!

[Darinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short story in the Mortalis series. Quick and exciting.

[Harlequin Books]

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