DOUGLAS QUINN'S FIRST NOVEL RELEASED What Would You Do to Save Your Children?

Henry Ellis takes matters into his own hands when his children are held hostage on a Ibera Air chartered plane in Barcelona, Spain. Who is really behind the hijacking and what do they want?

Elizabeth City, NC (PRWEB) August 20, 2004 -- Douglas Quinn, published by iUniverse, Inc., the leading provider of publishing technology solutions for authors, announced today the release of his first novel, The Catalan Gambit.

The Catalan Gambit is a novel of international intrigue and suspense. Henry Ellis becomes embroiled in an International Incident when a chartered Iberian Air jet loaded with American high school students, including his twin son and daughter, is hijacked.

Beneath the façade of a simple hijacking by Palestinian terrorists there is a much deeper plot, one that involves the overt Basque separatist group known as ETA, a covert Catalan separatist cabal led by a clique of old men who are holdovers from the Spanish Civil War, and, hidden even deeper in the confused trail of deception, an ex-CIA agent driven by an obsession for revenge.

While Henry acts to save his children from their fate at the hands of the hijackers, the twins, Jennie and Theo, are drawn into a contest of wills with the Palestinian terrorists. In a bizarre turn of events, Henry Ellis strikes an unholy bargain with the infamous international terrorist and assassin, El S'Khah.

The author states that this book was based on a student-sponsored trip to Spain that was cancelled due to the increased threat of hijackings and terrorism. This is what might have happened if...

The Catalan Gambit is a fast and furious Machiavellian plot that once you begin reading you can't put it down, and begs the question, "What would you do to save your children?"    

The author lives with his wife, two dogs and four cats in northeast North Carolina and is currently working on his second novel.

The Catalan Gambit is a must summer read. ISBN: 0-595-31987-4, published July 2004, Hardcover Edition $26.95, Trade Paperback Edition $16.95, published by iUniverse, available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel, Booksamillion and iUniverse, Inc.

About iUniverse
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