Deadly Contest: A Novel

ISBN: 0595219721

Author: Sterbakov, Charles

Condition: New

About the Author Charles R. Sterbakov is a software engineer who is a self-professed computer geek. He lives in Southport, Connecticut, with his wife and son and has three grown daughters who live in the Philadelphia area. Writing has always been an important part of Mr. Sterbakov's life. He has won awards for his technical writing and previously wrote a computer-oriented column for a Philadelphia newspaper. Creating fiction has always been a passionate hobby and Deadly Contest is his first novel. Product Description In a small poverty stricken island in the Caribbean, the lives of four people become enmeshed in a life or death struggle. "Father" Marinet, President-for-life and absolute ruler of the tiny nation, who will use any means available to hold onto power; Martin, the most hated man on the island, who is not what he appears to be; Stefan, a spoiled playboy, who finds he must learn to kill to live; and Alicia, Stefan's sister, who is too shy for her own good. Together they form a powder keg that explodes during an international beauty contest.