2003 Bronze Winner in the Book of the Year Awards (mystery fiction category) by the ForeWord Magazine.
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September 25, 2003 Copyright 2003 Round Table Reviews, All Rights Reserved. by Chanita Davis
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When an airplane crashes for no reason and all of its occupants burst into bluish
flames and disappear, everyone wants answers. When no reasonable answers surface,
the government is forced to step in and prepare for the worst. In the meanwhile, South
Dakota is thrust into the spotlight when Governor Richard Mills decides to cooperate
with the federal government, to let his state be used as the target of a simulated
bio-hazard exercise. The main purpose of the exercise is just to see what the governor
is prepared to do in a crisis of this magnitude.
But when a real terrorist group makes South Dakota their first target for total
domination, the governor, as well as the rest of the nation, is forced into a dangerous
predicament where the outcome could cost everyone their lives.
This book is a real eye-opener and it forces the reader into an unpredictable
environment where nothing is, as it seems. You can't help but to get wrapped up in the
twisting plot as your mind reels with excitement and anticipation, Never have I read a
book that had such a magnetic effect. Raymond Derby has created the perfect realistic
thriller and I guarantee that no one will be disappointed when reading this book.

Ray Derby has done it again.
The author of The Shadow Government, one of the most gripping and suspenseful
thrillers I have had the pleasure to read in quite a long while has proved he is not a flash
in the pan writer with the release of his latest novel Bradley's Ghost.
Bradley's Ghost is the type of thriller that I enjoy the most, one which could have been
taken from the headline of today's news stories, yet personalized in the way fiction
allows, making for quite the page turning thrill ride.
A bio-terrorist attack has ravaged a Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota and
before long the FBI and other Federal agencies are brought in to oversee the
investigation not realizing the far reaching implications and dirty secrets about to be
discovered, with Washington DC not completely without blame.
Mr. Derby writes with a style that is on a par with any of the 'name' authors published
today. The fact that his background is in over 40 years of providing information on
protection as a Civil Defense Director, Civilian Preparedness Officer for the US Air
Force, and a Federal Emergency Coordinator, as well as providing chemical, biological,
and radiological expertise to five, count them, five U.S. Presidents only adds to the
authenticity he brings to his words.
In my review for his first novel, I said the following "Mr. Derby is on his way to being
one of the big names of political thrillers if there is any justice in this world, and it will be
an honor bestowed upon him which is both richly and rightfully deserved." Bradley's
Ghost only goes to secure my viewpoint. There is a major talent here waiting for the big
publishing houses to wise up, and believe me, when they do, and he gets the kind of
exposure he should, he will become a household name like Clancy, Collins and Grisham.
Buy Bradley's Ghost by Ray Derby - I guarantee you will enjoy it as much as I have, and
then when someone tells you about the new best selling author that they are reading, you
too can say, "Derby? Yeah, I've been reading him for years. What took you so long?"
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