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When a serial killer joins the FBI, criminals had better watch out.Infamous serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr. hasn't lost his macabre tastes. He's just changed sides.Working for a highly secretive division of the FBI, Ackerman is helping the Bureau track down the most dangerous murderers currently active in the United States.His first assignment is 'The Alien', a killer whose MO is leaving mutilated bodies in highly intricate crop circles. The Alien has just kidnapped a world-famous expert on extraterrestrials, and if they don't want to find another mangled corpse, Ackerman and his partner, FBI Agent Nadia Shirazi, will have to work fast.But the Alien's lust for killing seems to surpass even Ackerman's own. Can he track down his target in time... and will he be able to resist the chance to deliver his own macabre form of justice?The start of a new chapter in the critically acclaimed Ackerman Thrillers, featuring Ackerman and FBI Agent Shirazi hunting down some of the worst killers in modern America.

The pulse-pounding prequel to The Shepherd and The Prophet. They thought they could contain him... They were wrong. Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of the most prolific serial killers in US history. But he's not only a serial killer, he's also a serial escapist. When a doctor who has discovered a ground-breaking treatment for psychopaths wants to test his theories upon Ackerman, the madman sees his chance at freedom. The only people that stand in his way are the hospital's Head of Security and a young woman with a personal vendetta against the killer.This ebook exclusive includes extra material: the opening chapters of Ethan Cross's gripping new thriller The Propheti, out in ebook and paperback this October. (Please note that The Cage is a direct-to-digital novella.)

''Cross manages to pull a new variant out of the black hat in Francis Ackerman... a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMES. ''A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS. ''The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more'' LISA GARDNER. Marcus Williams and Francis Ackerman Jr. are both killers. But while Williams is tortured by the deaths he has caused, Ackerman takes pleasure in his murders. Williams is a former New York City homicide detective. Ackerman is a serial killer. And both men are about to become unwilling pawns in a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of US government. They will be plunged deep into a hellish underworld of murderers and killers. They will find that there is more that connects them than divides them... and that their lives depend on it. Collected in a single volume for the first time, the first six novels in the gripping Ackerman thrillers, comprising: I AM THE NIGHTI AM FEARI AM PAINI AM WRATHI AM HATEI AM VENGEANCE

They thought they could contain him... They were wrong. Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of the most prolific serial killers in US history. But he''s not only a serial killer, he''s also a serial escapist. When a doctor who has discovered a ground-breaking treatment for psychopaths wants to test his theories upon Ackerman, the madman sees his chance at freedom. The only people that stand in his way are the hospital''s Head of Security and a young woman with a personal vendetta against the killer.Praise for Ethan Cross: ''Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' The Times ''A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' Andrew Gross ''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' Crimesquad ''A rather unusual talent has suddenly appeared, fully formed... However many chapters you may plan to read, you will be persuaded to read just one more'' Barry Forshaw, We Love This Book

The night is dark. My soul is darker. Marcus Williams and Francis Ackerman Jr. are both killers. But while Williams is tortured by the deaths he has caused, Ackerman takes pleasure in his murders.Williams is a former New York City homicide detective. Ackerman is a serial killer. And both men are about to become unwilling pawns in a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of US government. They will be plunged deep into a hellish underworld of murderers and killers. They will find that there is more that connects them than divides them... and that their lives depend on it.Praise for Ethan Cross: ''Ethan Cross manages to pull a new variant out of the black hat in Francis Ackerman... a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMES''The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more'' LISA GARDNER''A fast-paced, all-too-real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' CRIMESQUAD

The night is dark. My soul is darker. Marcus Williams and Francis Ackerman Jr. are both killers. But while Williams is tortured by the deaths he has caused, Ackerman takes pleasure in his murders.Williams is a former New York City homicide detective. Ackerman is a serial killer. And both men are about to become unwilling pawns in a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of US government. They will be plunged deep into a hellish underworld of murderers and killers. They will find that there is more that connects them than divides them... and that their lives depend on it.Praise for Ethan Cross: 'Ethan Cross manages to pull a new variant out of the black hat in Francis Ackerman... a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' THE TIMES'The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more' LISA GARDNER'A fast-paced, all-too-real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS'A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing' CRIMESQUAD

''THE SURPRISES ARE FAST AND FURIOUS AND WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS TO READ MORE'' LISA GARDNER They say face your fears. Here I am. OLD ENEMIES... Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of America''s most prolifific serial killers. Scarred from their past battles, Special Agent Marcus Williams cannot shake Ackerman from his mind. But now Marcus must focus on catching the Anarchist, a new killer who drugs and kidnaps women before burning them alive.NEW THREATS... Marcus knows the Anarchist will strike again soon. And Ackerman is still free. But worse than this is a mysterious figure, unknown to the authorities, who controls the actions of the Anarchist and many like him. He is the Prophet – and his plans are more terrible than even his disciples can imagine. Praise for Ethan Cross: ''Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMES''A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' CRIMESQUAD

'THE SURPRISES ARE FAST AND FURIOUS AND WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS TO READ MORE' LISA GARDNER They say face your fears. Here I am. OLD ENEMIES... Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of America's most prolifific serial killers. Scarred from their past battles, Special Agent Marcus Williams cannot shake Ackerman from his mind. But now Marcus must focus on catching the Anarchist, a new killer who drugs and kidnaps women before burning them alive.NEW THREATS... Marcus knows the Anarchist will strike again soon. And Ackerman is still free. But worse than this is a mysterious figure, unknown to the authorities, who controls the actions of the Anarchist and many like him. He is the Prophet – and his plans are more terrible than even his disciples can imagine. Praise for Ethan Cross: 'Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' THE TIMES'A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS'A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing' CRIMESQUAD

''Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMES You don''t know the meaning of pain. Let me teach you. A father returns home to find that his family has been kidnapped. He can get them back – alive – if he agrees to pay the ransom. The price is simple: the life of an innocent.Special Agent Marcus Williams is the only one who can stop the Coercion Killer. But to do so, he must first untangle his family''s dark past. A past that ties him to the infamous serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr.Marcus knows that uniting with Francis will be dangerous. But the Coercion Killer has scarred their lives, and is poised to destroy many more. Sometimes stopping the worst of the worst is a job for the best of the bad.Praise for Ethan Cross: ''The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more'' LISA GARDNER''A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' CRIMESQUAD

'Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' THE TIMES You don't know the meaning of pain. Let me teach you. A father returns home to find that his family has been kidnapped. He can get them back – alive – if he agrees to pay the ransom. The price is simple: the life of an innocent.Special Agent Marcus Williams is the only one who can stop the Coercion Killer. But to do so, he must first untangle his family's dark past. A past that ties him to the infamous serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr.Marcus knows that uniting with Francis will be dangerous. But the Coercion Killer has scarred their lives, and is poised to destroy many more. Sometimes stopping the worst of the worst is a job for the best of the bad.Praise for Ethan Cross: 'The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more' LISA GARDNER'A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS'A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing' CRIMESQUAD

''A fast paced, all-too-real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS. My wrath knows no bounds. Your torment knows no end. An Arizona prison officer climbs his watchtower and opens fire on the inmates and guards below. Federal investigator Marcus Williams needs to know why. What he unearths is that the prison has become the hunting ground of a psychopath known only as ''Judas''.To uncover Judas'' identity, Williams must join forces with serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr. While Williams works the case from the outside, Ackerman Jr. goes undercover among the prisoners on the inside. What neither of them know is just how diabolically ambitious Judas'' master plan is...Praise for Ethan Cross: ''Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMES. ''The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more'' LISA GARDNER. ''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' CRIMESQUAD.

''Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMESMost people hate me. But everyone remembers me. In San Francisco, a ruthless criminal syndicate is building an empire on spilt blood. Among their number is ''The Gladiator''. No ordinary contract killer, the Gladiator sees himself as a modern-day Genghis Khan, determined to carve his very name onto the evolution of mankind.To stop him Ackerman and Williams face him in an arena of death where violence is inflicted for profit and pleasure. This is the Gladiator''s domain, a realm in which he is undefeated... but then he''s never encountered Ackerman before.Praise for Ethan Cross: ''The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more'' LISA GARDNER''A fast paced, all too real thrillerwith a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' CRIMESQUAD

'Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' THE TIMESMost people hate me. But everyone remembers me. In San Francisco, a ruthless criminal syndicate is building an empire on spilt blood. Among their number is 'The Gladiator'. No ordinary contract killer, the Gladiator sees himself as a modern-day Genghis Khan, determined to carve his very name onto the evolution of mankind.To stop him Ackerman and Williams face him in an arena of death where violence is inflicted for profit and pleasure. This is the Gladiator's domain, a realm in which he is undefeated... but then he's never encountered Ackerman before.Praise for Ethan Cross: 'The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more' LISA GARDNER'A fast paced, all too real thrillerwith a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS'A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing' CRIMESQUAD

''Francis Ackerman is a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience'' THE TIMESVengeance is in my heart. Murder in my mind. Infamous serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr turns his unique and brutal talents to solving a cold case. Working alongside federal agent Marcus Williams, he discovers that the twenty-year-old murder is linked to a string of abductions in the Navajo Nation.The investigation leads Ackerman and Williams deep into the largest American Indian reservation in the US, where a ruthless drug gang has established its own kingdom. But Ackerman''s resolve to use his bad side to do good is shattered when one of his team goes missing. Unless the team member is found soon, the drug runners will discover that the most terrifying predator in the wilderness is a vengeful Ackerman...Praise for Ethan Cross: ''The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more'' LISA GARDNER''A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds'' ANDREW GROSS''A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing'' CRIMESQUAD

'Francis Ackerman is a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' THE TIMESVengeance is in my heart. Murder in my mind. Infamous serial killer Francis Ackerman Jr turns his unique and brutal talents to solving a cold case. Working alongside federal agent Marcus Williams, he discovers that the twenty-year-old murder is linked to a string of abductions in the Navajo Nation.The investigation leads Ackerman and Williams deep into the largest American Indian reservation in the US, where a ruthless drug gang has established its own kingdom. But Ackerman's resolve to use his bad side to do good is shattered when one of his team goes missing. Unless the team member is found soon, the drug runners will discover that the most terrifying predator in the wilderness is a vengeful Ackerman...Praise for Ethan Cross: 'The surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more' LISA GARDNER'A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' ANDREW GROSS'A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing' CRIMESQUAD