FROM LAKE ERIE'S PUT-IN-BAY TO NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH QUARTER A Vatican envoy on a secret mission is murdered and his invaluable gold cross is stolen during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The cross and its hidden message surface in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hits. Grisly serial murders in Put-in-Bay and the French Quarter lure Washington Post investigative reporter EMERSON MOORE into an intricate labyrinth complicated by confidential documents stolen from the Vatican's Secret Archives and two rogue priests, banished from the Vatican. The spicy gumbo of characters include a tough, flirtatious Creole detective; her partner named "ELMO"; her mischievous father who inhabits the Pearl River swamps; an arrogant Garden District cardiologist; and an unstable French Quarter priest tormented by his dark secrets. From the blue waters surrounding Lake Erie's South Bass Island to the sultry heat of Louisiana's vibrant French Quarter, Promised Land delivers police corruption, medical suspense, perilous alligator and poisonous snake encounters, the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina, and a string of gruesome murders. The trail of the murders leads EMERSON MOORE to the surprising discovery of a document which may destroy the legitimacy of the United States. In July 2006, Adamov was the featured author at the Ernest Hemingway Days festivities and literary events held at Key West's Historic Seaport and Casa Antigua. Adamov's first book, Rainbow's End, was a finalist as the top fiction novel for the 2003 Great Lakes Book Award competition, won by Pulitzer Prize-winner Middlesex. At the request of the Hollywood director of Gone in Sixty Seconds and Swordfish, a screenplay has been drafted on Adamov's first book. Jerry Bruckheimer's staff touted that Adamov's protagonist is a potential franchise hero like Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and compared his writing style to Clive Cussler. His novels, Pierce the Veil and When Rainbows Walk, were named as one of 2004's and 2005's best novels in Northeast Ohio. All three novels were rated "5 Stars" by the Midwest Book Review and are available at area bookstores. "Bob Adamov is a superb craftsman of hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat mystery adventures." Coming Soon
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