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The Standoff

Name: The Standoff
Author: Chuck Hogan
ISBN: 9781568952314

by Chuck Hogan

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Overview

A white supremacist, barricaded with his family on an isolated Montana mountaintop, holding off the cops with assault rifles.

A brilliant hostage negotiator who has failed to come to terms with his personal demons, reluctantly taking leadership of the one case he can't afford to lose.

A virtual army of state and local cops, national guardsmen, U.S. Marshals, and the FBI's elite hostage rescue team, clawing for jurisdiction, vowing vengeance
for fallen comrades.

A growing crowd of onlookers, sympathizers, and troublemakers, some willing to turn an isolated battle into an all-out war.

A mixture as explosive and unstable as nitroglycerine...

The Standoff. A stunning debut from a major new talent.

A nightmare erupts when an FBI negotiator confronts a notorious criminal who has barricaded himself, his wife, and his five children in a secluded mountaintop cabin in Montana. Their tense, nine-day standoff builds into a deadly war of nerves between two unforgettably charismatic and strong-minded protagonists.

About the Author, Chuck Hogan

Chuck Hogan

Chuck Hogan abandoned his career as a video store clerk when his first novel, The Standoff, became a bestseller and was translated into fourteen international editions. His most recent novel, Prince of Thieves, was awarded the Hammett Prize for excellence in crime writing, and is being made into a major motion picture by Warner Brothers. He lives with his family in Massachusetts.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Hogan's debut thriller concerns the nine-day confrontation between an FBI negotiator and a fugitive holed up on a Montana mountaintop with his wife and children. (Feb.)

Emily Melton

Lucky Chuck Hogan. He's only 26, but he's written what's being hyped as "one of the most talked-about novels of the year"; he sold the manuscript for big bucks in a "heated auction" involving five publishers; the book is a featured selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club; and he's already adapting the story for New Line Cinema. Heady stuff for a former video store manager. But the hype is well justified. While his writing won't send the needle off the top of the highbrow-ometer, Hogan knows what it takes to write commercial fiction: a rugged but sympathetic hero (picture Clint Eastwood), a suspense-filled plot, and plenty of mile-a-minute action. At the heart of the novel is burned-out FBI agent John Banish, whose superb skills at hostage negotiation are overshadowed only by his stunning ability to drink himself into oblivion. Having lost his nerve, his family, and his job, Banish now has one last chance to show he's not a complete failure: talk white supremacist Glenn Ables off the Montana mountain where Ables is keeping his wife and kids hostage. Ables is cunning, devious, and stubborn, but then, so is Banish. In the end, it's a standoff between two men who have everything--and nothing--to lose. A completely unexpected conclusion packs the perfect final punch. Wow!