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GOLDEN DAWN

Thomas M. Kostigen

Fast-paced international thriller parallels true-life events and real-world circumstances, melding the worlds of politics, business, and the environment into one of conflict. THE BLOOD LINE reflects what is most fought over besides love and money throughout history: natural resources. It is filled with intrigue and raises the question: "Can this really happen?"

Northwestern Iran, near the border of Turkey. An IRA terrorist, a Chechen rebel, and the president of Iran hold a secret meeting. Little do they realize that they are being watched. Irish journalist Michael Shea has been tracking his IRA bomber uncle for years, intent on settling a personal score. He never expected to stumble onto the biggest story of his life: a plot to smuggle nuclear material into Iran. Shea is discovered and marked for death before he can expose the conspiracy to the world. On the run from the Iranian secret service, his only chance for survival lies with Neda Ghazali, a beautiful mystic and a member of an ancient sect of Zoroastrians—The Golden Dawn. For centuries, the Golden Dawn has guarded an ancient secret: the identity of a true leader fated to appear before the End Times. Now the President of Iran is exploiting the Golden Dawn’s prophecy for his own evil gains—and soon he’ll have nuclear weapons behind him. Shea leaves a trail of bodies behind as he rushes to spread the truth—before Neda’s cataclysmic prophecy comes true. New York Times best-selling author, Thomas M. Kostigen is a global columnist for Dow Jones MarketWatch and The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. Kostigen has traveled to some of the world’s most tenuous places connecting the dots of man’s effect on the planet. His journalism is featured in major publications worldwide, and he is the author of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at A Time; You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Planet; The Green Blue Book: The Simple Water-Savings Guide to Everything in Your Life; The Big Handout: How Subsides and Corporate Welfare Corrupt the World We Live In and Wreak Havoc on Our Food Bills; as well as Golden Dawn. Kostigen appears regularly in the media, including CNN, The Today Show, Fox News, CNBC’s Squawk Box, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, National Public Radio, the Dennis Miller Show, Bloomberg Night Talk, Planet Green, Hollywood Green, Entertainment Tonight, The Daily Green, USA Today, USA Weekend, among others.

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Book Published 2012-10-01 by Tor/Forge

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FILM OPTION: the novel has already been optioned by Brillstein Entertainment (The Sopranos, The Replacement Killers, Happy Gilmore) to be made into a major feature film. TV tie-in: Kostigen will be the host of a new extreme adventure travel series being produced by Tijuana Entertainment (Alaskan Bush Pilots, Obsessed).

"Tom Kostigen has given us a 'James Bond' with ethics, a surprise climax and a moral for the world. Blood Line begins like all great spy thrillers, in breathless mid-flight across international borders."

“Golden Dawn will have readers clutching their e-readers and hardbacks for cover. Dan Brown meets Tom Clancy in the debut novel, a you-are-there tale straight from today's hot zones. It kept me up all night -- even days after I finished reading it.”

Think The Da Vinci Code with religious fanatics eager to light off an atomic weapon.

"Thomas M. Kostigen's Blood Line is a force of nature, like an avalanche rolling down the mountain of Middle Eastern politics burying bodies under the rock and mud of intrigue, paranoia, disillusion and betrayal. A taut, skillfully rendered debut novel."

Iran takes its place as one of America’s chief enemies in Thomas M. Kostigen’s Golden Dawn (Forge, Oct.). That country’s madman president, Mahmoud Talib, is out to detonate a nuclear bomb, aided by an IRA terrorist bomb maker. Foreign correspondent Michael Shae, the IRA bomber’s nephew, is determined to stop the Iranian mission. Aiding Shae is his love interest, Neda Ghazali, a member of a secret sect, the Golden Dawn.

"Tom Kostigen's Blood Line is a heart-stopping, hard-edged thriller."

"A mile-a-minute page turner. It's hard to believe that this is a first novel, it's so swift and assured a piece of storytelling. Don't miss the debut of an author who will be entertaining us for a long time to come."

"Blood Line is that rarity among thrillers -- a book that inspires you to change your life."