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Read the opening chapters of Dead Load, the first Nick Stello Action Thriller. Study the clues, predict Nick’s next move, and discover whether you would make the same call. [Click here to start reading free.]
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Dead Load
(A Nick Stello Action Thriller)
by Chris Carosa
Ten years ago, Prague cost Nick Stello his closest friend—and drove him to bury Mason, the covert demolition specialist he had become. For ten years, it worked.
Until one phone call brings him back.
Scottie’s wife has been abducted. Armed men are hunting a mysterious device Nick has protected ever since Prague. And Scottie’s fifteen-year-old son, Noah, may be the only person capable of unlocking the truth concealed inside it.
To save Kate and Noah, Nick must outthink a ruthless enemy who knows his methods, uncover the millions hidden behind the device’s encrypted firewall, and trust the family he promised to protect. But stopping Julian Vance will require Nick to become the man he buried after Prague—without surrendering to the weapon Julian made him.
Can Nick use Mason without becoming Mason again?
Dead Load is more than a rapid-fire action thriller. At critical moments, the story puts Nick’s decision in your hands: study the clues, anticipate his next move, and discover whether you would make the same call.
Can you think like Nick Stello?
“I was told to expect a stonemason,” the leader said, eyeing Nick.
“That’s what I am.”
His glare hardened. “Stonemasons don’t dismantle professional teams with construction equipment.”
“A good one understands where the weight goes.”
COMING SOON: Dead Load—the first Nick Stello Virtual Novel Game. Read the story. Study the clues. Predict Nick’s next move.
Can you think like Nick Stello?