Synopses & Reviews
Brandon Vale is a career thief---the best there is. Or at least he was before he was thrown in prison for a jewel heist gone bad. And even more embarrassing, he had nothing to do with it. His time inside is going fairly quietly until the night hes broken out against his will by Richard Scanlon, the now-retired FBI agent who framed him in the first place.
Scanlon, who still has ties to the United States intelligence community, has discovered that a Ukrainian crime organization is auctioning twelve nuclear warheads to the highest bidder, but he can't convince the government that the sale isn't a hoax. The only way he can get his hands on the $200 million necessary to take the warheads off the market is to do something that goes against everything he stands for: steal it.
The choice Brandon is given is simple: help Scanlon and hope to live through it, or turn himself in and face the repercussions of his "escape."
Suddenly, Brandon finds himself with only weeks to plan a Las Vegas heist that that hes been dreaming about for years, but has always thought was probably impossible. And to make matters worse, Scanlon insists on choosing his team personally. Led by the relentlessly intelligent and undeniably beautiful Catherine Juarez, not a single one of the former government operatives he picks has so much as shoplifted a pack of gum in their lives.
As the day of the heist approaches, Brandons carefully constructed plans begin to break down and he suspects that the elaborate double-cross hes devised to save himself could cost millions of lives. He finally has to ask himself just how far hes willing to be dragged into a game that he can only lose.
With this heart-stopping, all-too-real novel, Kyle Mills proves once again that he is one of the freshest and most original thriller writers working today.
Review
Praise for
Fade:
"Edge-of-seat quotient sky-high... Fade rivals James Bond with his hardware-based survival skills... A-." --Entertainment Weekly
"The perfect thriller for the emerging millennium... What makes this novel such a delicious summer treat is the way in which Mills turns the reader's expectations inside out... The twists are surprising and fun, and the story comes to a bangup conclusion."--Denver Post
Review
"Kyle Mills is a master of the page-turner."
--Vince Flynn, author of Act of Treason "One of the world's master storytellers...Mills keeps readers breathless, transfixed, and turning the pages."--Tulsa World
Synopsis
"Edge-of-seat quotient: Sky-high."
---Entertainment Weekly
"The perfect thriller for the emerging millennium . . . What makes this novel such a delicious summer treat is the way in which Mills turns the reader's expectations inside out. . . . The twists are surprising and fun, and the story comes to a bang-up conclusion."
---Denver Post
"Mills's prose is crisp and his action skills are top-notch. In Fade, he has created a true thriller hero for the present and the immediate future."
---Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A thriller that manages to retain the Cold War staples readers have come to expect from the genre while remaining relevant to the post-9/11 landscape . . . this is a story for today."
---Houston Chronicle
"Kyle Mills is a master of the page-turner. His attention to detail and his smooth style will keep you reading well into the night."
---Vince Flynn, author of Memorial Day
"Lead character Salam Al Fayed---Fade---is a first-ballot certainty for the Thriller Hall of Fame."
---Lee Child, author of The Enemy
"Kyle Mills has created in Salam al Fayed, aka Fade, a disturbing, complex and wholly original character. Fade will stay with you long after you have finished this well-crafted thriller."
---Stephen Frey, author of Shadow Account
"Frighteningly real and powerful, Fade by Kyle Mills hurls the reader into a dark journey into the human soul. With suspense as taut as a dead man's smile, Mills blends fiction and fact in a heart-stopping, spellbinding tale of espionage and politics that is not only convincingly real but vastly entertaining."
---Gayle Lynds, author of The Coil
Synopsis
Brandon Vale is a career thief, the best there is. Of course, he is serving out a prison term for a robbery gone bad--albeit one that he didn't commit. But then he is broken out of prison against his will by Richard Scanlon, the former FBI agent who framed him in the first place. Scanlon, who still has ties to the U.S. intelligence community, has discovered that a Ukrainian crime organization is auctioning twelve nuclear warheads to the highest bidder, but he can't convince the government that the sale isn't a hoax. The only way he can get his hands on the $250 million necessary to take the warheads off the market is to arrange for Brandon to steal it.
Not that Brandon has much choice--it's either do it or go back to jail with the added years of a failed "escape" tacked on to his sentence--but he decides to get the cash by pulling off the heist he had been planning when he and Scanlon first met:hijacking the trucks that drive the casinos' cash out of Las Vegas once a week. As the day of the warhead sale approaches, though, their carefully constructed plan begins to break
down, and Brandon starts to suspect that the deal has even higher stakes than he had imagined.
With this heart-stopping,all-too-real novel, Kyle Mills proves once again that he is one of the freshest and most original thriller writers working today.
Synopsis
In this new thriller by the bestselling author of "Fade," an FBI agent discovers a Ukrainian crime organization is auctioning nuclear warheads. When he can't convince the government the sale is not a hoax, he turns to a career thief he framed and put behind bars to steal $250 million for him.
Synopsis
Kyle Mills confirms his reputation with this riveting tale of a thief on a mission to save the world
Synopsis
A CAREER THIEF GONE BAD.Brandon Vale is the best burglar in the business. Or was, since he was framed for a botched job that landed him in prison. But one night he's broken out by Richard Scanlon, the now-retired FBI agent who put him there in the first place.
AN EX-CON TRYING TO MAKE GOOD.Scanlon has uncovered a plot involving a Ukrainian crime organization and the auction of a dozen nuclear warheads. But he can't convince the government that the $200-million sale isn't a hoax. So he must find a way to take care of business himself--with Brandon's help.
THIS TIME, THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER....Now it's up to Brandon to pull off a Las Vegas heist that will help Scanlon cough up the cash and get the warheads off the market. With millions of lives in the balance, and dirty deeds and double-crosses in the works, it all depends on one man to do the one thing he knows best: Beat the enemy at its own game.
"One of the world's master storytellers...Mills keeps readers breathless, transfixed, and turning the pages."--Tulsa World
About the Author
Kyle Mills grew up in Oregon but, as the son of an FBI agent, he has lived all over the country and overseas. He is the author of seven novels: Rising Phoenix, Storming Heaven, Free Fall, Burn Factor, Sphere of Influence, Smoke Screen, and Fade. An avid rock climber, he and his wife now live in Wyoming. Visit him online at www.kylemills.com.