First of all, thank you for choosing to read The Desire
Card, the first in a series of international thrillers about a shadowy
organization that promises its elite clients, “Any wish fulfilled for the right
price.” I think you made a good choice! This book is a fast-paced thriller but
also raises questions about morality, social and economic inequality, and the
extreme things we will do to survive. A lot of research went into this book.
First, my main character Harrison Stockton works in Mergers & Acquisitions
so there was a lot of studying about the day-to-day of a job like that. A
quarter of the book also takes place in Mumbai,
India. I didn’t get to go
to India for
the research, but made sure I had a few readers who had been and spent
considerable time there, including my editor.
I love thrillers, but I also like books that make you think.
The Desire Card is a perfect mix between the two. When I began the novel, I had
no idea that it would be the first in a series. The second book will be out
from my publisher Fahrenheit Press later this year. Rather than having one
character be the constant for the series, the shadowy organization called the
Card becomes the main character. Each book follows a different person sucked
into their evil web.
I wrote this book for people who like smart thrillers. The
benefit of this series is you can read them all in any order, or you can read
them independently. Not everyone wants to commit to an entire series, so I
wanted to give the readers that option. However, I think once you start
reading, you’ll continue through all the books. The next book in the series is
called Prey No More about a minor character from the first book who gets his
star turn.
Hope you enjoy!
Best,
Lee Matthew Goldberg.
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Any wish fulfilled for the
right price. That's the promise the Desire Card gives to its
elite clients. But
if the Card doesn’t feel like they’ve been justly compensated,
the “price” will be more menacing than the clients could ever imagine.
Harrison Stockton learns this
lesson all too well. Harrison has lived an adult life of privilege and excess: a
high-powered job on Wall Street along with a fondness for alcohol and pills, and
a family he adores, yet has no time for. All of this comes crashing
to a halt when he loses his executive job and discovers he has liver cirrhosis
with mere months left to live.
After finding himself far down
on the donor list, Harrison takes matters into his own hands. This decision
sparks a gritty and gripping quest that takes him to the slums of Mumbai in
search of a black market organ and forces him under the Desire Card’s thumb.
When his moral descent threatens his wife and children, Harrison
must decide whether to save himself at any cost, or do what’s right and put a
stop to the Card.
THE
DESIRE CARD is a taut international thriller
that explores what a man will do to survive when money isn’t always enough to
get everything he desires. It’s the first book in a series followed by PREY NO
MORE that focuses on other people indebted to this sinister organization, where
the actual price is the cost of one’s soul.
PRAISE:
"Careful what you wish for,
especially from a nefarious shadow organization, in this gripping start to Lee
Matthew Goldberg's fast-paced, highly compelling, buzz worthy new series. If
you love characters morally compromised, richly drawn, and constantly
surprising, you'll love THE
DESIRE CARD. I burned through the first book and can't wait to get my hands
on PREY NO MORE to see where this endlessly exciting story takes me next! Loved
it!” - Daniel Palmer, critically acclaimed suspense author
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