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Ghost Dancer by John Case

Ghost Dancer

by John Case

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  • Aug 2006, 400 pages
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Photojournalist Mike Burke carried his camera into every war zone and hellhole on earth - and came back with the pictures (and battle scars) to prove it. He was flying high until, quite suddenly, he wasn't. When Burke's helicopter crashed and burned in Africa, he came away with his life but lost his heart to the beautiful woman who saved him. That's when he decided it was time to stop dancing with the devil. But a wicked twist of fate puts an end to Burke's dreams, leaving him adrift in Dublin with bittersweet memories . . . and no appetite for danger. But neither danger - nor the devil - is done with him yet.

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"High quality prose helps offset an improbable detour at the end leading to an unconvincing resolution." - Publishers Weekly.

"It's a chiller of a thriller that seems all too feasible in a post-9/11 world. " - Booklist.

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Case is the author of a number of thrillers including The Genesis Code.

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