The Exile

John Barron, the youngest cop on the LAPD's elite 5-2 Squad gets a baptism of blood and fire, when, forced to flee the murderous wrath of his own men, he becomes trapped in a web of unimaginable evil and global intrigue. Changing his identity, he becomes Nicholas Marten, and with his sister, Rebecca, is swept across oceans and continents from California to England to France and Russia in pursuit of and pursued by a heinous killer playing out his role in a deadly conspiracy orchestrated by one of the world's richest and most sinister women whose dark, haunted, vision threatens to topple governments, dethrone dynasties and catapult one family to the pinnacle of global power.


Praise for Allan Folsom’s The Exile

“The Exile starts out like gangbusters and quickly engages the reader.”

—Denver Post


“High-octane thriller writing with an almost visceral impact.”

—Publishers Weekly


“Folsom can flat-out write an action scene.”

—Kirkus Reviews


“Fast-paced, exciting adventure … With a sturdy hero and a despicably clever villain, the novel grabs readers from the opening scenes and rarely lets them loose. It does exactly what it set out to do: deliver breathless excitement.”

—Booklist


“Hold on tight—from the first scene Folsom spins a tale of page-turning suspense.”

—W.E.B. Griffin


“Once you start The Exile, forget sleep. It’s fierce, complex suspense is fast as a 9 mm slug and tight as a hangman’s noose.”

—Stephen Coonts


“Folsom returns with another winner.… Unexpected twists and catastrophe on a global scale … Folsom should have another best seller on his hands.”

—Library Journal


“More twists and turns than a strand of DNA.”

—William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist


“A masterful epic, The Exile has the sweep and power of The Da Vinci Code—a global enigma of world-shattering proportions and a blistering pace that will singe your trembling fingers.”

—Douglas Preston, The New York Times bestselling co-author of Relic and Cabinet of Curiosities

“A sweeping novel, crossing California, France, Switzerland, and England as a young California cop takes on a criminal mastermind.”

—Barbara D’ Amato, Edgar Award-winning author of Death of A Thousand Cuts


About the Author: A New York Times best-selling author, Allan Folsom grew up in Massachusetts. He has worked in the Hollywood entertainment industry as a film editor, cameraman, producer of documentary films, script doctor, television and screen writer. He has also been a delivery boy, truck driver, bartender, hotel manager and manager/co-owner of one the first major discotheques in America. He lives with his wife and daughter in California.