Succession

by Douglas Schofield

Overview

What if... Queen Elizabeth II had no legal right to the British throne?

What if... The Queen's entire line, all the way back to George III's fifteen children, was... illegitimate?

SUCCESSION is based on a little known historical fact.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1997

Across the world, two-and-a-half billion people sit glued to the broadcast of Princess Diana's funeral. In Bayonne, New Jersey, surgical resident Dr. Emma Parks watches the somber proceedings over her morning coffee, then hurries to get ready for work. Today's shift, she expects, will be no different from any other... fixing broken bodies, one emergency at a time. But Emma couldn't be more wrong. Today, she'll discover a lover's betrayal. Today she'll save a man's life using a procedure she was never trained for. Today she'll receive a mysterious call from a man riding in a London taxi. And, before the day is out, she'll be suspended from her job.

But that's just today...

Tomorrow, a very determined killer will try to end her life.

Emma Parks always figured her life was pretty ordinary. She's about to discover how extraordinary it really is.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014982191
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	07/21/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	297
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

ouglas Schofield was raised and educated in Canada, where he earned degrees in History and Law. Over the past three decades, he has worked as a trial lawyer in British Columbia, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. During those years, he prosecuted and defended hundreds of cases of murder, sexual assault and other serious crimes. He currently holds the position of Assistant Solicitor General in the Cayman Islands Government, focusing primarily on civil litigation.

Although he dabbled in creative writing for many years, Flight Risks (2010) was Mr Schofield's first published novel. It won high praise from readers and has recently been re-issued by Miwk Publishing in the U.K. His second novel, Succession -- a thriller set in New Jersey and England during the traumatic days immediately following Princess Diana's death in Paris -- was released in paperback in the U.K. in June 2012.

Succession has been optioned for the screen by Sidney Ganis. Mr Ganis is the former President of Paramount Pictures, former Chairman of Columbia Pictures, and immediate Past-President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His production company, Out of the Blue Entertainment, operates from the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. Five-time Oscar nominee Caleb Deschanel will direct from Mr. Schofield's screenplay of the novel.

Mr. Schofield is currently at work on his third novel, Time Of Departure, based on his prize-winning screenplay, Time Out Of Mind.

IN THE WORKS:

DAY OF GRACE -- the sequel to Flight Risks

FALLING REIGN -- the sequel to Succession