From the publisher of Lee Child and Tess Gerritsen comes the bestselling debut novel from rising star of crime fiction, Sean Black.
"An excellent first novel." - The Daily Telegraph
"This is a writer, and a hero, to watch." - The Daily Mail
"Black writes with the pace of Lee Child, and the heart of Harlan Coben." - New York Times Bestseller, Joseph Finder"
"Hold on tight, this one burns like a lit fuse." - International Bestseller, Gregg Hurwitz
"As cool and sharp as a knife." New York Times Bestseller, Meg Gardiner
It may be Christmas Eve in New York, but for ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual. His task: to protect the CEO of the world's leading bio-technology company from a group of radical, and highly determined, political activists.
But when a failed assassination attempt leaves the streets of midtown littered with bodies, and hours later the son of the company's chief research scientist is abducted from his Upper West Side prep school, Lock's hunt for the boy turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse.
Review
From the publisher of Lee Child and Tess Gerritsen comes the bestselling debut novel from rising star of crime fiction, Sean Black.
A Daily Telegraph Thriller of the Year
"This is a writer, and a hero, to watch." - The Daily Mail
"Funny, tough, and furiously paced, Lockdown explodes off the page." LA Times Bestseller, Jesse Kellerman
"Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child, and the heart of Harlan Coben." - New York Times Bestseller, Joseph Finder
"Readers, meet Ryan Lock - a tough-guy hero for a new age." - International Bestseller, Gregg Hurwitz
About the Author
To research the Ryan Lock series of thrillers, Sean Black has trained as a bodyguard in the UK and Eastern Europe, spent time inside America's most dangerous Supermax prison, Pelican Bay in California, undergone desert survival training in Arizona, and ventured into the tunnels under Las Vegas. A graduate of Columbia University in New York, he also holds a Masters degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, England.The Ryan Lock books have also been translated into Dutch, German and Russian, with a Spanish translation of the latest book in the series, The Devil's Bounty, coming in 2013.