BOOK REVIEWS
The RED HOTEL series continues that brings the facts and fiction of travel intrigue together in an explosive plot. See what others have to say!
K. J. Howe
“Grossman and Fuller deliver gritty insider detail in their thriller Red Hotel, bringing fact and fiction together in an explosive mix. With pacing that would leave Olympian Usain Bolt breathless, Red Hotel is a must-read for international travelers and anyone seeking to understand the new Russia.”
K. J. Howe
Best-selling author, The Freedom Broker
Executive Director, Thrillerfest
Barry Kibrick
“With their novel, Red Hotel, acclaimed journalist and thriller writer Gary Grossman and international hotel executive and Army combat veteran Ed Fuller showed how the world we live in has changed. Red Deception, takes the genre to another level, demonstrating how a true-to-life thriller can deliver vital information over even what the news media provides. Besides keeping us on the edge of our seats, Red Deception is so prescient, filled with deep insights into the real worlds of espionage and politics, while giving us a window that sheds light onto the darkest aspects of political intrigue and human nature.”
Barry Kibrick
Host of national PBS series, “Between the Lines”
Daniel Palmer
“Feverishly paced with surprising twists and turns, RED HOTEL starts with a bang and the action gets faster and tenser from there. Get ready for one late night when you dive into this gem of a read!”
Daniel Palmer
Best-selling author, Mercy and Forgive Me
WEBB HUBBELL
“A complex web of intrigue! Compelling and fascinating! Fuller and Grossman weave a timely tale of Russian expansionism and terrorism in RED CHAOS against a backdrop of political intrigue. You will not put this thriller down as Dan Reilly races to prevent Russian world and oil domination. The authors take you behind the closed doors of our National Security to illuminate how seemingly unrelated occurrences are part of Russia’s intricate plan. I loved this book and it holds a prized place on my bookshelf.”
Webb Hubbell
Associate Attorney General of the U.S., Best-selling, award-winning author
Jon Land
“Forget “ripped from the headlines,” because RED DECEPTION threatens to write its own! RED DECEPTION is everything a great thriller is supposed to be! High stakes, incredible action scenes, a deadly plot, and a dynamic hero in Dan Reilly. Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller have crafted a relentlessly riveting tale that hones in on our greatest fears and takes us right to the brink in breathless fashion.”
Jon Land
USA Today best-selling author
ROGER DOW
“Put the Do Not Disturb placard on your door and settle into the latest thriller in the RED HOTEL series, RED CHAOS. And trust me, chaos is ready to break out in Fuller and Grossman’s most timely novel yet! This team of masterful authors race us through one heart-pounding scene to another with prescient vision of the world as it is and things to come. Trust me, RED CHAOS delivers as a page-turning thriller that also waves a red flag at real geo-political issues we better pay attention to now!”
Roger DowFormer President & CEO U.S. Travel Association
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ED FULLER is a hospitality industry leader, educator, and author of the international Top 20 bestselling business book, You Can’t Lead with Your Feet on the Desk, published by Wiley. He is president of the Irvine, CA-based Laguna Strategic Advisors, a global consortium that provides business consulting services to corporations and governments. Fuller is a director of the Federal Bureau of Investigators National Academy Associates Foundation (FBINAA). He has served as a Board Executive of several Charity Boards and Three University Boards. His 40-year career with Marriott included serving as CMO and several regional operational positions that was capped by his role as president and managing director of Marriott International for 22 years. As worldwide chief, he directed and administered corporate expansion of 555 hotels in 73 countries and $8 billion in sales. During that time, he oversaw the creation of Marriott International’s Global Security Strategy. Fuller served as a captain in the U.S. Army and was decorated with a Bronze Star and Army Commendation medals. READ MORE
Frank Helmick
“I got to know Ed Fuller in Iraq when I was Deputy Commanding General, US Forces–Iraq. RED HOTEL takes me right back to our in-depth discussions, and it spells out tomorrow’s threats that we better pay attention to today. Take a deep breath, jump into this novel scenario from authors Fuller and Grossman. I dare you to try to go to sleep tonight once you begin.”
Frank Helmick
Retired Lieutenant General, US Army
Roger Dow
“RED DECEPTION delivers another loud wake-up call that rang so true in RED HOTEL. This time, Fuller and Grossman take us even further into the new Cold War that shows every sign of turning RED hot. Reading RED DECEPTION shows us how fast the map of the world could change yet again!”
Roger Dow
President and CEO, US Travel Association
Dante Paradiso
“RED CHAOS is a timely, pulse-pounding thriller that exposes the complex and dangerous web of espionage, international business, and geopolitics. Five star hotels are at the epicenter of the secret deals that shape our lives, and, as a hotel security executive, former US Army intelligence officer Dan Reilly is uniquely positioned to see what goes down in the bars, lobbies, and lavish private suites everywhere from London to Beijing. When a Russian oil magnate is assassinated at one of his London properties, Reilly launches an investigation that could expose treachery and violence at the highest levels of multiple governments — and puts him in the crosshairs of men willing to kill to cover it up. This is a tour de force by authors Fuller and Grossman that will leave readers clamoring for more.”
Dante ParadisoAuthor of the The Embassy: A Story of War and Diplomacy
Alan Orlob
“Wow! Here we go again! I thought RED HOTEL was an adrenaline pumper, but RED DECEPTION takes it all the way up! Each chapter is incredibly realistic making me hungry for more. No one knows more about operating hotels in hostile environments than Ed Fuller! Grossman and Fuller hit the 10 ring with their latest thriller!”
Alan Orlob
Travel Security Expert, CEO The Orlob Group
Former VP President of Global Safety & Security
Marriott International Corporation
U.S. Army Special Forces, (Ret.)
Douglas F. Muldoon
“Just when I thought Fuller and Grossman couldn’t turn up the heat any more after their award-winning RED DECEPTION, along comes RED CHAOS, with a spot-on, globe-hopping plot. Ed Fuller comes to thriller writing from years as an international hotel executive job. On top of that, he had a heavy dose of anti- terrorism experience. His collaboration with Gary Grossman delivers ticking clock scenarios that play out real because so much of it is real, or just on the edge of reality. RED CHAOS is a top flight thriller that will have you spell-bound from page one!”
Douglas F. MuldoonChief of Police (ret), City of Palm Bay Police Department, 2013 FBI National Academy Associates President
KATHLEEN MATTHEWS
“In RED HOTEL-and RED DECEPTION, my Marriott colleague and global nomad, Ed Fuller, brings his love of politics and his experience in the Vietnam War and deep inside knowledge of the hotel and travel industry including crisis management to build another political thriller with Gary Grossman, an acclaimed novelist and TV producer and journalist. Pour some of the current global uncertainty into this cocktail, and you have the combustion of RED CHAOS.”
Kathleen MatthewsAmbassador for World Travel & Tourism Council, Former ABC News Anchor, Former Marriott International Senior Executive
Paul DeBole
“Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller have done it again in RED DECEPTION. Plot, characters, and details are gripping and captivating. A page-turner by authors who might as well sit on the National Security Council. A fantastic read!”
Paul DeBole
Former Aide to Senator John McCain and Senator Lamar Alexander
Associate Professor, History, Lasell University
Author, Conspiracy 101: An Authoritative Examination of the Greatest Conspiracies in American Politic
Publishers Weekly
Red Hotel The luxury hotel industry is at the center of this engrossing, if windy, collaboration between Grossman (Executive Actions) and Fuller, a longtime Marriott executive and author of the business book You Can’t Lead with Your Feet on the Deck. Click to Read the Publishers Weekly Review
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LINDA PEEK SCHACHT
“RED CHAOS, Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller’s newest thriller, vividly draws us into two worlds: one where Washington’s power-hungry walk the halls, scheme in back offices, and lurk in the shadows of the White House and Congress, and another fraught with the intrigue and occasional inanities of international business. They engage us in the machinations of a talented assassin, an empire building, oil-crazed autocrat in the Kremlin, and a fixer in China. We see the morally ambivalent and morally bankrupt—from Moscow to Macau to Washington. Readers will cheer their richly drawn hero and heroine, international hotel executive and sometime spy Dan Reilly and Secretary of State Elizabeth Matthews as they continue the fight for right in this entertaining series firmly rooted in the real world.”
Linda Peek SchachtFormer White House Press Aide, Former Communications Director, US Senate Majority Leader, Former Global Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company
WILLIAM CARWILE
“I’ve been engaged in national and homeland security for over 45 years, I seldom read fiction. When I do, it is historical fiction. It most often provides opportunities to learn interesting facts in an enjoyable way. While RED CHAOS is not an historical novel, given today’s news, it affords the reader an extremely compelling, most realistic and fast paced story. In crafting this riveting read, Ed Fuller and Gary Grossman have written a thriller that reflects their impressive knowledge of today’s strategic global dynamics. But they must be seen as prescient given the events happening at this moment: The real-world implications of climate change on global trade and national security, and the fragility of the world’s avenues for commerce. RED CHAOS is a timely must read for those seeking a book that is both stimulating and eye- opening.”
William CarwileColonel, US Army (Ret), Former Associate Administrator, FEMA
Raymond Benson
“Red Deception is a Thriller with a capital “T”! Not for the faint of heart. The doomsday scenarios depicted in this fast-paced, can’t put down nail-biter are real-world accurate and truly scary. Dan Reilly is a terrific new hero for today’s troubled times!”
Raymond Benson
Author, Blues in the Dark and The Black Stiletto Serial and James Bond novels
Rear Admiral Paul Becker
“As the former Director of Intelligence (J2) for the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii and Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon, I know these dangerous scenarios are plausible, which makes RED DECEPTION all the more thrilling. Infrastructure attacks, Russian aggression, bumbling national leaders, North Korea malign activity, Venezuelan dangers – Fuller and Grossman’s exciting story mirrors reality. Oh, and the U.S. needs more heroes like their daring CIA Officer Dan Reilly!”
Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN, (Ret.)
Former Director of Intelligence, U.S. Pacific Command
Joan E
“This top-notch thriller, third in the authors’ Red Hotel series, works well as a stand-alone for readers new to the series. Well-drawn, believable characters, an impressive [although a bit terrifying in its realism] plot, and heart-stopping action all work together to pull the reader into the telling of the tale from the outset. Taking advantage of the precariousness of the current world situation, the unfolding story is frighteningly realistic. Back-office scheming in Washington adds to the realism; the compelling tale is replete with real-world implications. Suspenseful, electrifying, and alarming, the formidable tale is one readers will find impossible to set aside before turning the final page. Don’t miss this one.”
Joan E
ALAN ORLOB
“There have been more terrorist attacks on hotels around the world than any other target. Ed Fuller was there, lived it and dealt with it. I know. I worked for Marriott for 35 years. From 1989 to 2012 I was the Vice-President of Safety & Security on Ed’s team. Through our close relationships with key government entities we established security protocols for our international hotels (including over 200 “threat condition RED” hotels). And believe me, RED CHAOS is the first word to the last on crisis management from someone who literally wrote the book.”
Alan OrlobFounder & CEO, Orlob Group
WG Griffiths
“Another thrilling masterpiece from Grossman and Fuller! A real inside view into the shocking behind-the-scenes world of international politics and intrigue. RED DECEPTION is a fact-rich page-turner, expertly fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle that will keep you completely fascinated right up to the surprise finish. Wow!”
WG Griffiths
“Renegade Writer” host, best-selling thriller author, “Malcus”
Bruce Feirstein
“RED HOTEL, a terrific, fast-paced, stylish, eye-opening spy thriller, with a knowing, insider’s look at the intersects of terrorism, the CIA, and world politics. Ripped right from the headlines, RED HOTEL will forever change the way you look at hotels and use the phrase road warrior.”
Bruce Feirstein
James Bond Screenwriter, Vanity Fair Contributing Editor
Best-selling author
R.G. Belsky
“RED DECEPTION starts with a shocking series of terrorist attacks against America, then races along at break-neck pace until the mind-blowing ending. There are inept political leaders; new threats to world peace from Russia and North Korea; deadly assassins; and secrets and betrayal everywhere. Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller have given us a must-read thriller that truly feels like it’s ripped from today’s headlines, or even scarier, tomorrow’s.”
R.G. Belsky
Award-winning author of the Clare Carlson series
Doug Muldoon
“It doesn’t get better than RED DECEPTION for weaving true insider business and anti-terrorism experience into a heart-pumping international thriller! Ed Fuller has been there. Done it. Lived it. I’ve read all his books, and now his latest collaboration with Gary Grossman exposes more of his world and the dangers that lurk just below the surface. A political reality thriller of the highest caliber.”
Doug Muldoon
Chief of Police (Ret.), Palm Bay, Florida
2013 President FBI National Academy Associates