FINDER As a bodyguard, Atticus Kodiak knows danger is part of the job. But he still can't shake his guilt over his best friend's death in their last assignment. As a bouncer at a hard-core club on the Lower West Side, Atticus is responsible for nothing more than keeping the scene under control. Until he sees Erika Wyatt, the teenage daughter of an Army colonel Atticus once guarded. Stalked by a cold-eyed commando fondling a wicked knife, Erika draws Atticus back into the protection business. In a case built on lies, vengeance, and sins of the past, Atticus is pulled into a vortex of treachery and violence, and learns that a promise can be the most dangerous weapon of all.... (Book 2 in the Atticus Kodiak series) Rights Information Publisher: Bantam, Hardcover (June 2, 1997) Bantam, Mass Market Paperback (September 1, 1998) Recorded Books, Unabridged Audio Cassette (December 1999) Territory: World Rights Available: Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co. Reviews: "The action is nonstop." - The Boston Globe "fine cliff-hangers, well-executed violence, and skillfully sketched characters." - Kirkus "Rucka makes superb use of crisp, understated prose, complex and enigmatic characters, highly charged emotions, breakneck pacing, and a brilliantly original, cleverly engineered plot. A powerhouse of a story that will leave readers gasping." - Booklist, Starred review "A memorable novel, dark as a moonless night." - Mostly Murder "As grit-gray and compelling as life. A-plus." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "Rucka blends Spillane's 'tough-guy' private eye with Chandler's noir insights and Hemingway's spartan expression....Once you've picked up this book, chances are you'll just keep going. And want more." - Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon Blurbs: Purchase at Amazon.com

FINDER

As a bodyguard, Atticus Kodiak knows danger is part of the job. But he still can't shake his guilt over his best friend's death in their last assignment. As a bouncer at a hard-core club on the Lower West Side, Atticus is responsible for nothing more than keeping the scene under control. Until he sees Erika Wyatt, the teenage daughter of an Army colonel Atticus once guarded. Stalked by a cold-eyed commando fondling a wicked knife, Erika draws Atticus back into the protection business. In a case built on lies, vengeance, and sins of the past, Atticus is pulled into a vortex of treachery and violence, and learns that a promise can be the most dangerous weapon of all....
(Book 2 in the Atticus Kodiak series)

Rights Information

Publisher: Bantam, Hardcover (June 2, 1997)
Bantam, Mass Market Paperback (September 1, 1998)
Recorded Books, Unabridged Audio Cassette (December 1999)

Territory: World

Rights Available: Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co.

Reviews:
"The action is nonstop." - The Boston Globe

"fine cliff-hangers, well-executed violence, and skillfully sketched characters." - Kirkus

"Rucka makes superb use of crisp, understated prose, complex and enigmatic characters, highly charged emotions, breakneck pacing, and a brilliantly original, cleverly engineered plot. A powerhouse of a story that will leave readers gasping." - Booklist, Starred review

"A memorable novel, dark as a moonless night." - Mostly Murder

"As grit-gray and compelling as life. A-plus." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Rucka blends Spillane's 'tough-guy' private eye with Chandler's noir insights and Hemingway's spartan expression....Once you've picked up this book, chances are you'll just keep going. And want more." - Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon

Blurbs:

Purchase at Amazon.com