Ulterior Motive by Mark Andrew Olsen

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Ulterior Motive
Bethany House (March 1, 2009)
by
Mark Andrew Olsen


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

MARK ANDREW OLSEN whose novel The Assignment was a Christy Award finalist, also collaborated on bestsellers Hadassah (now the major motion picture: One Night With the King), The Hadassah Covenant, and Rescued. Two of his last books were the supernatural thriller The Watchers, and The Warriors.

The son of missionaries to France, Mark is a Professional Writing graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife, Connie, live in Colorado Springs with their three children.


ABOUT THE BOOK

When an al-Qaeda email is intercepted, threatening an attack on America, it leads to the capture of the group's leader. Yet even under fierce interrogation, the terrorist clings to his jihadist beliefs and refuses to divulge any information. Desperate, the Army resorts to extreme measures--a controversial protocol designed to break a subject's resistance. But the attempt must be masked as an offer of clemency and rely on an outside party, someone who is unaware of the protocol's aims.

They find that someone in Greg Cahill, a disgraced soldier who now serves in a prison ministry. Lured by the chance to restore his reputation, Greg befriends a man the entire country despises. And the result proves combustible, the two men having to flee for their lives. With both in need of redemption, they set out to prevent a major catastrophe...

If you would like to read the first chapter of Ulterior Motive, go HERE




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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202758

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<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202758 ">Ulterior Motive</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (March 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Mark Andrew Olsen</span></center><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrFGyvBKLDl2nKrq5FHdEtWh61viP0jhOoGix1f9Wrat2tf57oXFKFOg1bzFmV93YDfwCzv5Z1LswfRfTy2y9ZDVIfPMoD1B0gDZe5VW7D8mU1F4e6ci0vrBtyLzCz1NNsoRj/s1600-h/Olsen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038267195393364146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrFGyvBKLDl2nKrq5FHdEtWh61viP0jhOoGix1f9Wrat2tf57oXFKFOg1bzFmV93YDfwCzv5Z1LswfRfTy2y9ZDVIfPMoD1B0gDZe5VW7D8mU1F4e6ci0vrBtyLzCz1NNsoRj/s200/Olsen.jpg" border="0" /></a> MARK ANDREW OLSEN whose novel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076422817X">The Assignment</a> was a Christy Award finalist, also collaborated on bestsellers <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764229435">Hadassah</a> (now the major motion picture: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430431/">One Night With the King</a>), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203371">The Hadassah Covenant</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202006">Rescued</a>. Two of his last books were the supernatural thriller <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764228188">The Watchers</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076420274X">The Warriors</a>. <br /><br />The son of missionaries to France, Mark is a Professional Writing graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife, Connie, live in Colorado Springs with their three children.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMj-0fuEX-qOJI8zz_-oC6VA2aTWyImzSfrUZewxAv_35dcjTHuMAEtmuNzUGS0fI2sUb9kQVpCt6LYc3eyKTZH5hNZl7c_vklAgnoftEkq-feDVJSRRmA2WF-GHJ0saKARWJ/s1600-h/ulteriormotives.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMj-0fuEX-qOJI8zz_-oC6VA2aTWyImzSfrUZewxAv_35dcjTHuMAEtmuNzUGS0fI2sUb9kQVpCt6LYc3eyKTZH5hNZl7c_vklAgnoftEkq-feDVJSRRmA2WF-GHJ0saKARWJ/s320/ulteriormotives.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334392544174057650" /></a>When an al-Qaeda email is intercepted, threatening an attack on America, it leads to the capture of the group's leader. Yet even under fierce interrogation, the terrorist clings to his jihadist beliefs and refuses to divulge any information. Desperate, the Army resorts to extreme measures--a controversial protocol designed to break a subject's resistance. But the attempt must be masked as an offer of clemency and rely on an outside party, someone who is unaware of the protocol's aims. <br /><br />They find that someone in Greg Cahill, a disgraced soldier who now serves in a prison ministry. Lured by the chance to restore his reputation, Greg befriends a man the entire country despises. And the result proves combustible, the two men having to flee for their lives. With both in need of redemption, they set out to prevent a major catastrophe... <br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202758 ">Ulterior Motive</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/05/ulterior-motives-by-mark-andrew-olsen.html">HERE</a>

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