The Runner - Audio Cassette, Abridged Author:Christopher Reich Following the phenomenal success of Numbered Account -- Christopher Reich returns to the electrifying world of international thrillers with a new novel that crackles with relentless suspense. At once explosive and beautifully written, textured and vividly paranoid, The Runner is a masterpiece of riveting storytelling. — At the center of this com... more »pelling story is Devlin Judge, an American lawyer in Europe as part of the International Military Tribunal to try Nazi war criminals. Haunted by his own demons, Judge has a secret agenda -- to find the Nazi responsible for his brother's death: a man named Erich Seyss. A member of Hitler's SS and former Olympic sprinter known as the White Lion, Syess had just escaped from an America P.O.W. camp. Determined to avenge his brother and bring Syess to justice, Judge is plunged into pursuit, menaced at every turn by forces determined to keep him from his prey. Threatened from all sides, he'll enlist the help of one Ingrid Bach, the beautiful daughter of one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany ... and Seyss's former fiancee.
Unfailingly gripping, The Runner is a no-holds-barred powerhouse of a novel -- a true masterwork from one of the most original storytellers to enrich the modern suspense novel.