Balefire

A chilling and prophetic story about a single professional terrorist sent to a small coastal city in California to tear apart their police department and terrify the citizenry as he prepares to ignite his own ‘Olympic’ flame. A New York Times Bestseller.


"A real heart-attack of a climax!. . . Written by a working cop, BALEFIRE offers continuously rising excitement and suspense."

- Publisher's Weekly


"Taut, well-written, a page turner that shocks the reader . . . From page one, BALEFIRE pulls the reader into the explosive climax." 

- MARY HIGGINS CLARK, author of A CRY IN THE NIGHT


"A THRILLER THAT GRABS THE READER in the opening pages and keeps him turning them eagerly until the very end."  

- Associated Press

 

"I WAS HOOKED . . . .  an intriguing and gripping read. And what a terrific ending!"

- CLIVE CUSSLER, author of RAISE THE TITANIC!

 

"BALEFIRE COMES AT YOU LIKE A FIRESTORM.  It's all there: international intrique, terrorism, and fear set in a California that none of us has ever seen before, the dark side of Orange County.  The action starts fast and then accelerates straight through to the last page."

- JOHN SAUL, author of THE GOD PROJECT


“His prose is sheer explosive energy.” 

- Eric Lustbader


"Goddard writes circles around many others in his field." 

- Dorothy Uhnak


"Goddard nicely combines our instinctive fear of things glimpsed at the corner of the eye with the mind's rational habit of assembling evidence. . ."

- Tom Perry