Synopses & Reviews
In a heartbeat, a crowded auditorium or a city street can become a kill zone, where life and death are separated by a split second. For Atticus Kodiak, professional bodyguard, the object is to keep people alive, and there is no margin for error. Now Kodiak faces his toughest challenge: to protect a woman and her daughter from a killer with a fanatical agenda of his own...
Tense, taut, and as brutally real as this morning's headlines, Keeper marks the debut of a talented young writer of tough, unflinching prose and the
beginning of an electrifying new series.
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"Rucka's prose is clean and visual, his characterizations and dialogue are economical and his storytelling scoots along at a fast clip." Publishers Weekly
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"An impressive debut....Keeper is one to hang on to." People
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"Rucka's novel is hardly great literature, but it is an engrossing read..." Booklist
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"Crisper, tighter and tougher....A keeper as a novel!" San Francisco Chronicle
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"Riveting....Keeper is full of surprises." Houston Chronicle
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"There's too much feeling here for a purely commercial effort, and too many concessions to suspense for a thoughtful statement about abortion. Powerful, but uneven." Kirkus Reviews
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"First novelist Rucka delivers a story as timely as today's headlines....This is a tense and exciting novel filled with some odd characters." Library Journal
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"Keeper pulls at the heart-strings and brings tears to the eyes....A remarkable first novel." The Orlando Sentinel
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"Keeper is no ordinary thriller....Remarkable." The Denver Post
About the Author
Greg Rucka has worked at a variety of jobs, from theatrical fight choreographer to emergency medical technician. The author of A Gentleman's Game his first novel based on Queen & Country as well as Critical Space, Keeper, and four previous thrillers, he resides with his wife and two sons in Portland, Oregon. He is at work on his next Queen & Country novel, which Bantam will publish in 2005.