Amazon Category:  Action/Thriller Publisher: Brightwater Publishing Company / StrataGem Press™ ISBN-10:  0967520703 Type: Fiction Pages: 624 Copyright: Aug 1 2001 Recipient: 2002 Benjamin Franklin Awards™ Silver Award for "Best New Voice--Fiction." A Frighteningly Credible, Riveting Novel When a priceless book is found 2077 fathoms under the North Atlantic Ice Barrier, the CIA/FBI, a private billionaire oilman, and a fanatic terrorist group compete to recover and claim it. HARDBOUND For eight-three years a priceless book lay buried hundreds of miles out from the Grand Banks of New Foundland, at 2077 fathoms from the surface of the North Atlantic Ice Barrier. In 1995, the CIA and FBI jointly uncovered secret plans to recover the treasure. An ultra-zealous terrorist organization competed against a group of divers hired by a billionaire oilman, setting off a complex web of international intrigue and suspense. Dr. Cary Parker, Woods Hole oceanographer, respected archaeologist, and maritime law specialist at the Smithsonian Institute, was recruited by CIA's Colonel Charles "Chuck" Bramson to beat both diving teams to the ship's gravesite. And the rare and exquisite book became the primary focus of a triadic search. Having already faced death straight-on, at two and a half miles below the sea, Parker was forced to decide whether this cause was just another CIA misadventure--or a truly dangerous time for Western democracies. Excerpt SAMPLE #1 "...Dr. Morrison had been drawn to his third floor window. A smaller, secondary shake, unlike the explosive sound-wave, hit the building within milliseconds of the primary explosion. Morrison might not have given it a second thought had he not witnessed the emergency smoke vents fly open in the nearby lab wall below." SAMPLE #2 "Dusk gave way to country-road darkness. At 9:00 p.m. sharp, the lights to the old service station and bait shop clicked off, and Sanders came out the front door. He turned the deadbolt key and closed a metal hasp over its staple, just as a road-beaten '82 Ford LTD skidded to a stop in the gravel--its loud muffler hanging by a wire, and an exhaust cloud gushing out the rear. 'Hey, Bobby Joe,' the driver called out, a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth." From the thriller, OMAR: A Novel, by Craig O. Thompson

Midwest Book Review
OMAR: A Novel, Craig O. Thompson; StrataGem Press™; 0967520703, $24.95; Order: 1-800-266-5564 "Craig Thompson's OMAR is a suspenseful and thrilling novel of escalating global terrorism. When a priceless book is found 2077 fathoms under the North Atlantic Ice Barrier, the CIA/FBI, a private billionaire oilman, and a fanatic terrorist group compete to recover and claim it. The competition has potentially cataclysmic effects for the known world. OMAR: A Novel is a shocking, action-packed, highly recommended page-turner filled with suspense and plot twists to the end."
(OMAR: A Novel is also available in softbound 0967520711. $14.95)

Dr. Charles Pellegrino, New York Times Bestselling Author and Novelist of Dust; Her Name, Titanic; and Ghosts of the Titanic
"OMAR: A Novel is deep ocean adventure in the tradition of Clive Cussler."

U.S. Senator, Richard G. Lugar, Member, Select Intelligence Committee and Foreign Relations Committee
"Craig O. Thompson's OMAR forecasts tomorrow's headlines. The proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, materials, and know-how is the number one national security threat to the United States. This well-researched fiction is a timely window into potential disasters for unprepared nations."