Strong Light of Day (44 page)

JON LAND
is the
USA Today
bestselling author of thirty-eight novels, including
Strong Enough to Die, Strong Justice, Strong at the Break, Strong Vengeance, Strong Rain Falling
(winner of the 2014 International Book Award and 2013 USA Best Book Award for Mystery-Suspense), and
Strong Darkness
(winner of the 2014 USA Best Book Award and the 2015 International Book Award for Thrillers). He's a 1979 graduate of Brown University, lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and can be found at
www.jonlandbooks.com
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O
THER
B
OOKS BY
J
ON
L
AND

The Alpha Deception

*
Betrayal (nonfiction)

*
Black Scorpion: The Tyrant Reborn

*
Blood Diamonds

*
The Blue Widows

The Council of Ten

*
Day of the Delphi

*
Dead Simple

*
Dolphin Key

The Doomsday Spiral

The Eighth Trumpet

*
The Fires of Midnight

The Gamma Option

*
Hope Mountain

*
Keepers of the Gate

*
Kingdom of the Seven

Labyrinth

*
The Last Prophecy

The Lucifer Directive

The Ninth Dominion

The Omega Command

The Omicron Legion

Pandora's Temple

*
The Pillars of Solomon

*
The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending

*
Strong at the Break

*
Strong Darkness

*
Strong Enough to Die

*
Strong Justice

*
Strong Rain Falling

*
Strong Vengeance

The Tenth Circle

The Valhalla Testament

The Vengeance of the Tau

Vortex

*
A Walk in the Darkness

*
The Walls of Jericho

*
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C
ONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Epigraph

Prologue

Part One

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Part Two

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Part Three

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Part Four

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Part Five

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Part Six

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Part Seven

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Part Eight

Chapter 71

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

Chapter 74

Chapter 75

Chapter 76

Chapter 77

Chapter 78

Chapter 79

Chapter 80

Chapter 81

Part Nine

Chapter 82

Chapter 83

Chapter 84

Chapter 85

Chapter 86

Chapter 87

Chapter 88

Chapter 89

Chapter 90

Chapter 91

Chapter 92

Chapter 93

Chapter 94

Chapter 95

Part Ten

Chapter 96

Chapter 97

Chapter 98

Chapter 99

Chapter 100

Chapter 101

Chapter 102

Epilogue

Author's Note

About the Author

Other Books by Jon Land

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

STRONG LIGHT OF DAY

Copyright © 2015 by Jon Land

All rights reserved.

Cover photographs by Getty Images
Cover design by Peter Lutjen

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Land, Jon.

    Strong light of day / by Jon Land.—First edition.

        p. cm.

    “A Forge Book.”

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First Edition: October 2015

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