Joseph Finder: Power Play

Joseph Finder: Power Play (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
"Power Play" is the explosive new novel from Joseph Finder, the CEO of the corporate thriller - reminiscent of the film "Die Hard", this novel is a breathless, near real-time action, high-stakes adventure that you won't want to stop reading. Jake Landry is a junior executive at the Hammond Aerospace corporation - a steady, modest and taciturn man with a gift for keeping his head down, Jake also has a turbulent past that he would rather forget. Ordered to fill in for his boss at the annual company retreat, Jake is out of his element, surrounded by the arrogant, swaggering men who run the company and his only distraction is the CEO's special assistant - his ex-girlfriend. Then a group of local hunters crash the opening-night festivities. Soon the executives of the billion-dollar company are cut off from the rest of the world, trapped by men who have guns and a cunning plan to steal a vast fortune. But the hostage-takers aren't who they appear to be, and neither is Jake Landry. The only question is who is going to win the power play?

Joseph Finder: Power Play. Headline, ISBN: 0755342070 (March, 2008), 437 p., £7.99.

Joseph Finder: Power Play (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
"THE ACTION IS SWIFT... KEEPS THE PLOT BUBBLING AND THE PAGES TURNING." -- Wall Street Journal
Jake Landry is a quiet, modest junior executive sum-moned to be a last-minute replacement at a high-level corporate retreat. Stuck at a luxury lodge in the middle of nowhere, cut off from the rest of the world-no cell phones or internet access-Jake is surrounded by arrogant power players who don't want him there. The only person there he can relate to: a woman named Ali.

"THRILLING... START POWER PLAY THIS AFTERNOON AND YOU'LL HAVE THE NIGHTSTAND LAMP BURNING AT BEDTIME." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The personal assistant to the new female CEO, Ali is also Jake's ex-girlfriend. But before they have a chance to reconnect, the unthinkable happens: A band of back-woods hunters breaks into the lodge. Now one of America's biggest corporations is being held hostage by armed men who will do anything, to anyone, to achieve their mission. And Jake, who wasn't supposed to be there in the first place, is the only one who can save them all... if he can make it out alive.

"THE PACE GALLOPS RELENTLESSLY... AN ENRON-MEETS-DELIVERANCE TWIST." -- The New York Times Book Review

Joseph Finder: Power Play. A Novel. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312347502 (March, 2008), 404 p., $7.99.

Joseph Finder: Power Play (UK 2007)

Joseph Finder: Power Play. Headline, ISBN: 0755342054 (August, 2007), 341 p., £19.99.

Joseph Finder: Power Play (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a luxurious, remote lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness.

All the top officers of the Hammond Aerospace Corporation are there. And one last-minute substitute -- a junior executive named Jake Landry. He's a steady, modest, and taciturn guy with a gift for keeping his head down and a turbulent past he's trying to put behind him.

Jake's uncomfortable with all the power players he's been thrown in with, with all the swaggering and the posturing. The only person there he knows is the female CEO's assistant -- his ex-girlfriend, Ali.

When a band of backwoods hunters crash the opening-night dinner, the executives suddenly find themselves held hostage by armed men who will do anything, to anyone, to get their hands on the largest ransom in history. Now, terrified and desperate and cut off from the rest of the world, the captives are at the mercy of hard men with guns who may not be what they seem.

The corporate big shots hadn't wanted Jake there. But now he's the only one who can save them.

Power Play is a non-stop, pulse-pounding, high-stakes thriller that will hold the reader riveted until the very last page.

Joseph Finder: Power Play. A Novel. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312347480 (August, 2007), 371 p., $24.95.