Skylord Coming Soon From The Author Of The Jessica Project

When a prosecutor enlists a retired assassin to help locate a missing witness, they expose a global conspiracy connecting a shipping and casino mogul with the assassins old paymaster. Blending courtroom pyrotechnics, corporate buccaneering and a world-spanning manhunt, the much-anticipated sequel to The Jessica Project probes the depths of honor, loyalty and love.

(PRWEB) September 6, 2004 -- Federal prosecutor Brendan Black just blew the biggest case of his career. His key witness in a pollution conspiracy trial against Northern Lights Cruise Lines has disappeared from the US courthouse in Los Angeles.

In desperation, Black turns to Jesse Barrett. Once notorious as a chameleon-like assassin, Barrett lives quietly with Kristin, the beautiful federal agent who is said to have reformed him. They soon stumble onto a connection between Northern Lights and Barretts old paymaster, an infamous drug trafficker known as Skylord. But when Barrett heads for the Philippines to track down the missing witness, Kristin is kidnapped to South America...could Skylord be her captor?

While Black's search for the truth takes him inside one of Americas most secretive families, Barrett leaves a trail of dead bodies in pursuit of Kristin. As the chase careens into a daring lone assault in the Montana badlands, Thomas Farrell's romantic thriller probes the depths of honor, loyalty and love.

Skylord is the sequel to Thomas Farrells first novel, The Jessica Project. With degrees from Princeton and Berkeley, Farrell was a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles before traveling the world as an international hotel and aerospace executive. Married with two sons, he lives on the coast north of San Diego