Lynn Boyd

Dead Language Lynn Boyd

The beautiful Berkeley campus of the University of California is the setting for this intriguing story of powerful institutions. The Order, a shadowy group of international power brokers, embarks on a plan to ruthlessly suppress newly discovered revelations that threaten the delicate balance of international religious power. Recognizing that religious conflict could jeopardize world economic stability, The Order is intent on burying these new disclosures and on silencing all those who get to close to the truth. Jim ODonnell, chief of the Universitys campus police, finds himself and his beautiful wife caught in the vortex of this brutal maelstrom as he grapples with forces that may be beyond his control. Graduate archaeology students die in a suspicious boardinghouse fire. A female bank executive clings to life after a savage attack by an unknown assailant. A campus detective dies in a mysterious auto crash. These deadly strands of betrayal, violence and murder intertwine in a heart-pounding crescendo to this high-tech game of cat and mouse.