Valley of Seven Castles : Clocktower Books : 9780743318525 : 0743318528 : 09 Feb 2016 : What is a Progressive Thriller? Here's the world's first in a new 21st Century type of thriller. The action will remind you of classics like Ludlum's The Bourne Identity (see surprising Thrillerology info inside). The ideas rise to G. K. Chesterton, H.G. Wells, Sinclair Lewis, and Margaret Atwood, among other philosophical writers. More timely than ever in the US national nightmare of 2017. If you are a Progressive, democratic thinker - you'll find this novel relevant, exciting, and refreshing - new ideas instead of tired old thriller cliches. Two young ex-pats from California--Rick Buchan and Hannah Smith, both 25--are on the run for their lives in Europe. They don't know each other until their paths intersect in an alley behind a bar called The 39th Step in Bagnolet, Paris. They witness a cold-blooded murder executed by killers working for a Chinese billionaire named Wan. The object of the chase (