Thank you again for being along for the ride.
Best regards,
Creston Mapes
SKY ZONE
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This story is a work of fiction. All characters and events are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is coincidental.
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. John 14:27 in chapter 60 is taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com.
LCCN 2014934628
ISBN 978-0-7814-0817-2
eISBN 978-0-7814-1162-2
© 2014 Creston Mapes
Published in association with Natasha Kern Literary Agency, PO Box 1069, White Salmon, WA 98672.
The Team: Don Pape, LB Norton, Ingrid Beck, Karen Athen
Cover Design: Amy Konyndyk
Cover Photo: iStockPhoto
Nationwide Arena Photo © James D. DeCamp
First Edition 2014
Photo by Steve Vibert
CRESTON MAPES is the author of Poison Town, Fear Has a Name, Nobody, Dark Star, and Full Tilt. A copywriter, editor, and author, he works from his home office in Atlanta. Creston’s early years as a reporter inspire many of his novels.
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What people are saying about …
Sky Zone
“Creston Mapes’s fans are in for a treat. Sky Zone crackles with Creston at the top of his game. Don’t miss this one.”
Jerry B. Jenkins, novelist, biographer, and owner of Christian Writers Guild
“Creston Mapes’s Sky Zone is a free fall into adventure, suspense, and intrigue. Sky Zone is a page-turner that kept me enthralled until the very end.”
Lynette Eason, bestselling, award-winning author of the Deadly Reunions series
“Sky Zone not only hits all the marks for a must-read thriller but sets a whole new bar for Christian suspense. The action never stops and the thrills keep coming. The plot could have been ripped out of the headlines. I dare you to start reading and then put it down. I dare you.”
Wanda Dyson, bestselling author of Judgment Day, Shepherd’s Fall, and Extreme Prejudice
“Mapes’s writing shines in his best novel to date. Don’t miss this riveting, page-turning thriller that will have you up late reading the dramatic, satisfying conclusion of an all-too-real scenario.”
Nora St. Laurent, The Book Club Network, www.bookfun.org
“Creston Mapes never fails to write page-turning, heart-touching, must-read fiction. I added him to my ‘auto-buy’ list after reading his very first novel.”
Deborah Raney, author of The Face of the Earth and the Chicory Inn Novels
“Sky Zone is a pulse-pounding thriller that’s sure to keep you up late into the night, turning page after page of this mesmerizing story. Creston Mapes has proven once again why he’s one of the top storytellers in the CBA. Highly recommended!”
Mark Mynheir, former homicide detective and author of The Corruptible
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