Publisher, Brilliance Audio (September 2005)

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On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into the Paragon Hotel. Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure - which foreshadowed the beauties of art deco architecture - is now boarded up and marked for demolition. The five people are “creepers,” the slang term for urban explorers: city archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them - anonymously, as this is highly illegal activity - for a New York Times article. Frank Balenger, a sandy-haired, broad-shouldered reporter with a decided air of mystery about him, isn’t looking for just a story, however. And after the group enters the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will get much more than he bargained for. Danger, terror, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil.

About the Author: David Morrell is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight books, including his award-winning First Blood, which introduced the world to John Rambo. With more than eighteen million copies of his books in print, his fiction has been translated into 26 languages. He holds a Ph. D. in American literature from Pennsylvania State University and taught in the English department at the University of Iowa. Noted for his research, Morrell is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School for wilderness survival as well as the G. Gordon Liddy Academy of Corporate Security. He has been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities, executive protection, and defensive/offensive driving, among numerous other action skills that he depicts in his work. Co-president of the International Thriller Writers organization, he is considered by many to be the father of the modern action novel.

About the Performer: Patrick Girard Lawlor is a classically trained stage actor, with dozens of audiobook narrations to his credit, including Cold Pursuit, by T. Jefferson Parker, Final Justice, by W.E.B. Griffin, and Voodoo River, by Robert Crais. He has done countless plays, readings and radio plays throughout the country. He can be seen in several feature films, as well as the television series, L.A. Heat.