A World I Never Made

Pat Nolan, an American man, is summoned to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter Megan, who has committed suicide. The body, however, is not Megan's and it becomes instantly clear to Pat that Megan staged this, that she is in serious trouble, and that she is calling to him for help. This sends Pat on an odyssey that stretches across France and into the Czech Republic and that makes him the target of both the French police and a band of international terrorists. Juxtaposed against this story is Megan's story. A freelance journalist, Megan is in Morocco to do research when she meets Abdel Lahani, a Saudi businessman. They begin a torrid affair, a game Megan has played often and well in her adult life. But what she discovers about Lahani puts her in the center of a different kind of game, one with rules she can barely comprehend. Because of her relationship with Lahani, Megan has made some considerable enemies. And she has put the lives of manymaybe even millionsat risk. A World I Never Madeis an atmospheric novel of suspense with brilliantly drawn characters and back-stories as compelling as the plot itself.

James LePore is an attorney who has practiced law for more than two decades. He is also an accomplished photographer (his was can be seen at www.nakedeyeimages.com). He lives in South Salem, NY with his wife, artist Karen Chandler. A World I Never Made is his first novel and the first of three LePore paperbacks that The Story Plant will publish in 2010. He is currently at work on his fourth novel, which The Story Plant plans to publish in hardcover in 2011.