"As new condition lime green boards, green spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; and Author's Note. Remainder mark at lower page edge (see photographs). Signed by the author with black pen at the lower section of the full title page. """"Just terrific -- full of thrills and tradecraft, pace and peril. An outstanding debut."""" -- Lee Child, bestselling author. """"Ten pages in, my heart was pounding -- and the tension only grew from there. This is a breathless, hair-raising read, one of the most gripping thrillers I've read in a long, long time."""" -- Tess Gerritsen, author. """"Emma Caldridge went to sleep in first class on a Briish Ailrines flight from Miami to Bogota and woke sixty seconds before the plane was downed in the Columbian jungle. It was the middle of the week in early August, and the half-empty plane contained business travelers, a few tourists, and Emma. A chemist and endurance racer, Emma was on a mission to reclaim her life. Dying in a plane crash would be a cruel twist of fate, but only one of the many cruel twists she'd endured this year."""" -- from Running from the Devil and the rear outer jacket. """"A Race Against Evil. Emma Caldridge, a chemist for a cosmetics company, is en route from Miami to Bogota when her plane is hijacked and spins out of control into the mountains near the Venezuelan border. Thrown unhurt from the wreckage, she can do nothing but watch as guerillas take the other passengers hostage. An endurance marathon runner, Emma silently trails the guerrillas and their captives, using her athletic prowess and scientific knowledge to stay alive. Those skills become essential when she discovers an injured passenger, secret government agent Cameron Sumner, separated from the group. Together they follow the hostages, staying one step ahead by staying one step behind. Meanwhile, as news of the hijacking breaks in Washington, the Department of Defense turns to Edward Banner, former military officer and current CEO of a security consulting firm, for help. Banner quickly sends a special task force to the crash site, intent on locating the survivors before it's too late. But finding Emma and Sumner is only the beginning, as Banner starts to realize that Emma was on a personal mission when the plane went down. There is more to the beautiful, talented biochemist than anyone ever imagined, for in her possession is a volatile biological weapon in an ingenious disguise, one that her enimies have set for auction to the highest bidder. Combining the action-packed plotting of Lee Child and Daniel Silva, and the rich scientific detail of Kathy Reichs and Tess Gerritsen, Running from the Devil is a breathtaking debut from a bold and daring new author."""" -- from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jamie Freveletti is a trial lawyer and a runner. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. This is her first book."