In the Name of the Father
Synopsis
It’s the 5th Anniversary of 9-11 and World War II hero IRISH FLAHERTY is found mysteriously dead in his backyard. His son, NYPD Detective SHEA FLAHERTY finds cryptic clues in his father’s personal effects to the location of a priceless religious relic, the legendary Spear of Destiny. He also finds a link to why he may have been killed.
The next morning Shea’s son is kidnapped by a vengeful drug dealer in an unrelated incident. Or is it?
Shea discovers that the Spear may not be just a religious relic with mystical powers but the key to a treasure so valuable that he unwittingly finds himself in the crosshairs of an International hitman, a corrupt Saudi diplomat-cum-drug dealer, Mossad and a mystery man in Syria.
To save his son, Shea must find the Spear. Fast. He has just a few hours to make it to the World Trade Center construction site for a final confrontation. In a desperate high stakes race through Manhattan the fate of his family, himself, and in an ironic twist, the assassin chasing after him hangs in the balance.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, is a thinking-man’s thriller which explores the theme of father-son relationships in a larger than ordinary life series of events. With Da Vinci Code elements, think of a John Corey and Carlos the Jackal with their father’s mash-up.
Praise
"Fresh, new, and impossible to put down, Thomas X. Cross displays a unique voice and smooth prose to go with a super-charged story that starts fast and only grows more relentless from there. "
- Ryan Steck, The Real Book Spy
