Paranoia (Start Publishing)

Craig DiLouie

Sept 2001 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

Fans of the X-files will be lured into this compelling novel, and will question reality until the surprising conclusion. Chad Carver, an orderly working at a mental health hospital, knows all about conspiracy theories thanks to some of his more paranoid patients--dark fantasies about black helicopters, thought control, international bankers and secret U.N. armies. Then his long-lost brother Palmer appears at his door claiming to be a renegade from the biggest secret society of all--the Illuminati--and predicts that the President will be assassinated in three days. After this prediction comes true, Chad plunges headfirst into Palmer's dark world where conspiracies are formed to fight conspiracies, where reality changes according to belief, and where even conspiracy theorists are agents of the Illuminati. When Chad learns that he must kill for his beliefs, the line between theory and reality disappears. Palmer tells him that the Illuminati are about to release a biological weapon, and if he kills the Grand Master of the Illuminati, the world will be saved. Or so the theory goes...

About the author

Craig DiLouie is the author of SUFFER THE CHILDREN (Simon & Schuster, May 2014) and the bestselling zombie novels TOOTH AND NAIL (START/Salvo Press, April 2010), THE INFECTION (Permuted Press, February 2011), its sequel THE KILLING FLOOR (Permuted Press, April 2012), and the RETREAT series with Joe McKinney and Stephen Knight. He has also authored the CRASH DIVE series, a WWII submarine thriller; THE ALCHEMISTS, a historical fantasy; THE GREAT PLANET ROBBERY, a military sci-fi comedy; and PARANOIA, a psychological thriller. As a technical writer, he has also written several non-fiction books about lighting and electrical design. Craig blogs about apocalyptic and horror books and films regularly at www.CraigDilouie.com.