Rites of Revenge

Father Flenn is back... And so is a renegade from Flenn's past! Father Scott Flenn narrowly escapes a drone strike in a remote Honduran village only to discover that a madman is intent upon settling an old score. Flenn's former CIA associate, Zack Matteson, shows up in the nick of time with orders to capture the would-be assassin. Armed with intel from a secret contact within the Deputy Director's office, Zack knows that the plot against Father Flenn goes all the way to the highest levels in the CIA! Father Flenn must now decide between his new life as a man of peace or a dangerous path of revenge that leads back to the darkness he thought he'd left behind. PRAISE FOR RITES OF REVENGE: "Rites of Revenge is a fast-paced thriller that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat! Scott Arnold has crafted a fascinating character in Father Scott Flenn, a former CIA agent turned Episcopal priest who, in the midst of doing a good deed, finds himself the target of revenge by a former colleague. Arnold keeps the action barreling along, while skillfully injecting a healthy dose of social responsibility and humanity." --Charles Salzberg, award-winning author of "Second Story Man" and the Shamus-nominated "Henry Swann" detective series. SCOTT ARNOLD is the author of "Uncommon Prayer." He is a former newspaper editor, psychotherapist, and was vice president of Homewood Counseling Associates in Birmingham, Alabama for 10 years.