Bob Reiss



My Works

Black Monday
Governments collapse, armies disintegrate and neighbors fight neighbors as the world goes cold turkey from oil withdrawal. A genetically engineered microbe has infected the oil supply. Food can't be delivered. Planes fall from the sky. Cars stop in their tracks. The novel focuses on one group of survivors living in a small street in Washington DC, and on the efforts of one of them, a CDC microbe hunter, to solve the crisis. Soon to be a motion picture from Paramount. (Simon & Schuster 2007)

The Side Effect
What if a drug company developed a miracle drug but decided to keep it for themselves? Lenox Pharmaceuticals has stumbled on an astounding discovery - a drug that heightens human intuition to an almost supernatural degree. Now a battle has erupted a the highest corporate and government levels for control of the drug, while average people don't even know it exists. (Bantam Dell 2006)

At Hell's Gate
While kayaking in the rapids of New York's East River, detective Conrtad Voort and his fiancee Camilla discover a dead body. Voort tracks the case to a sunken British treasure ship, stumbles onto something more modern, treacherous and international, and is targeted by people willing to do anything to make him back away. (Simon & Schuster 2004)

Dead For Life
“Splendid. Great writing. Great suspense. Great action. Wonderful reading.”
--Los Angeles Times

“An astoundingly accomplished story.”
--Denver Rocky Mountain News

“Conrad Voort is not your garden variety detective.”
--Washington Post

“An intense, intelligent thriller.”
--Detroit Free Press

(Simon & Schuster 2003)

All The Dead Were Strangers
“First rate.”
--Denver Rocky Mountain News

“At once diabolic and heroic.”
--People Magazine

“Black writes nearly perfect thrillers.”
--Library Journal

(Ballantine 2001)

The Coming Storm
Extreme Weather and our Terrifying Future

From the back rooms of the White House to the slums of India, the author spent a year traveling the world, to tell personal stories of the victims of climate change, the scientists researching this dangerous phenomenon, and the politicians battling over what to do–or not do–about it. The book directly links global warming with extreme weather around the world. It offers solutions and shows how curbing global warming will save lives, money and avoid future wars.

(Hyperion publishers, 2001)



Selected Works

2. Novel
All The Dead Were Strangers
The novel examines how far a free society can and should go in combating terrorism.
3. Non-Fiction
The Coming Storm Extreme Weather and our Terrifying Future
“The most readable and intelligent summary of global warming science and politics I have read.” Bill McKibben,
--New York Observer
Fiction
Black Monday
A genetically engineered microbe has stopped the world's petroleum supply. If an antidote isn't found within 50 days, the collapse will reach the point of no return.
The Side Effect
The side effect of a new drug heightens human intuition to an astounding degree. Who will control the drug?
At Hell's Gate
Could the dead body that Conrad Voort finds in the East River be related to a sunken treasure ship in New York Harbor? Or something more deadly, modern and international in scope?



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