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John Cooper #1
The wind chill factor
A Reich is born. . .Hitler lost the war. This the world knows. What the world doesn't know is that some Nazi survivors view their defeat as a mere temporary setback. Their plans have long been in motion. Their key personnel are in place inside the corporations and capitals of every major nation. By the end of this century, it will be all theirs. . . against a man on the edge. John Cooper is an heir to this evil--an evil he thought he'd turned his back on. Until now. For the dark legacy has finally caught up with him, thrusting into his hands a secret too explosive to be kept as he races against time a figure from his past, insubstantial as a whisper, will be revealed to him. And for a single electrifying moment Cooper's fate, and the fate of billions, will hang in the terrifying balance. The Wind Chill Factor is classic suspense from a superlative storyteller
369 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
Thomas Gifford
37 books28 followersThomas Eugene Gifford was a best-selling American author of thriller novels. He gained international fame with the suspense novel
The Wind Chill Factor
and later with the Vatican-based thriller
The Assassini
.
After graduating from Harvard he moved to the Twin Cities, MN where he and his wife, Kari Sandven, had two children (Thomas Eaton, Rachel Claire). Divorced in 1969, he went on to marry Camille D'Ambrose, a local actress. They moved to Los Angeles for a few years, then returned to Orono, MN. Novels continued to flow from his fountain pen through the years. Gifford eventually moved to New York--a city he loved whose people were of infinite importance to him.
In 1996, he turned his attention to renovating his childhood home in Dubuque, spending more time in Iowa than New York during his last years. He embraced the community of Dubuque, as they embraced their prodigal son. Featured in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Gifford recounted his every day occurrences, from learning the pleasure of getting a dog (Katie Maxwell, the Scottie) to peeves and pleasures of the town.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer in February, 2000, Gifford spent his remaining months reading, watching old movies, and chatting with friends and family. He passed away on an unseasonably warm Halloween, just as the ghosts and goblins started their tricks.
Gifford lived life large, had friends throughout the world, and lived life by his favorite credo--we're not here for a long time; we're here for a good time.
Gifford also published under the names Dana Clarins and Thomas Maxwell.
After graduating from Harvard he moved to the Twin Cities, MN where he and his wife, Kari Sandven, had two children (Thomas Eaton, Rachel Claire). Divorced in 1969, he went on to marry Camille D'Ambrose, a local actress. They moved to Los Angeles for a few years, then returned to Orono, MN. Novels continued to flow from his fountain pen through the years. Gifford eventually moved to New York--a city he loved whose people were of infinite importance to him.
In 1996, he turned his attention to renovating his childhood home in Dubuque, spending more time in Iowa than New York during his last years. He embraced the community of Dubuque, as they embraced their prodigal son. Featured in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Gifford recounted his every day occurrences, from learning the pleasure of getting a dog (Katie Maxwell, the Scottie) to peeves and pleasures of the town.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer in February, 2000, Gifford spent his remaining months reading, watching old movies, and chatting with friends and family. He passed away on an unseasonably warm Halloween, just as the ghosts and goblins started their tricks.
Gifford lived life large, had friends throughout the world, and lived life by his favorite credo--we're not here for a long time; we're here for a good time.
Gifford also published under the names Dana Clarins and Thomas Maxwell.
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