William Dean – författare

IN A COASTAL Oregon town, best friends Robb and Sean are often found rooted in their couch, smoking pot and playing video games. Then one night they cross paths with True Patriots and everything changes.

While the militia group''s rampage through a Portland civil rights demonstration nearly causes a riot, Sean sums up the mayhem in one word: "Awesome." He quickly finds himself under the spell of True Patriots'' charismatic yet delusional leader, an ex-Marine code-named Viper. 

Robb reluctantly joins in hopes of protecting Sean only to become embroiled in a plot to kidnap U.S. Sen. Alexandra Austin, a mass shooting survivor whose landmark gun control bill has drawn the ire of far-right extremists. When the plot turns real, Robb desperately searches for a way out. Will it be too late?

Militia Men is an edge-of-your-seat, character-driven thriller that pulls readers down the rabbit hole to the shadowy place where violent conspiracies are hatched. 

"I''M FREE and I don''t know how to act," Bud Baker says after he''s rousted from his prison cell and seated on a bus in the middle of the night. He aims to make his way to Alaska, where he has a cabin and childhood memories, but he lingers in a sleepy Oregon town after falling for the beautiful Jo Jo Summers. She tells him the tragic story of an addict whose baby was stolen at birth. When she asks Bud to return the boy to his birth mother, he refuses - until she reveals that the woman is her sister. Bud risks his newfound freedom by reverting to his criminal ways, expecting a manhunt. But he''s already being hunted - by demons from his past.

In Dangerous Freedom, his debut suspense novel, William Dean tells an unforgettable story, thrilling yet tender, about a would-be righteous criminal driven by love.