Four books where ordinary reasoning walks somebody straight into the worst thing they’ll ever do
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113+Books authored
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TL;DR: Under Pressure is four novels about ordinary reasoning that walks somebody into the worst thing they’ll ever do: Unlikely Hero, Shield of Ashes, Killer Cuts and Dead Letters, and Death, Murder, and Zombies. Nobody in them snaps or loses control. They reason, and that’s what makes them frightening.
Nobody here snaps
A career criminal with a trunk problem on a desert highway. A president with an artificial heart trying to stop a war that’s already moving. A salon owner who’s precise about everything. A man who works out, patiently and consistently, that killing is the logical response to a premise that happens to be wrong.
None of these people lose control. They reason. That’s what makes them frightening, and it’s the only thing the four books have in common.
The four Under Pressure novels at a glance
Book
The setup
Unlikely Hero
Career criminal Trevor Kane, a patrolman and a desert highway
Shield of Ashes
The world ended with a thousand decisions, each one defensible
Killer Cuts and Dead Letters
A salon owner, a mail carrier and a problem that needs solving
Death, Murder, and Zombies
What it takes for an ordinary person to become a killer: logic on a wrong premise
Richard Lowe is a professional ghostwriter and author with 113+ books authored and 54+ ghostwritten. Before writing full time he spent 33 years in enterprise technology, including 20 years as Director of Computer Operations and Technical Services at Trader Joe's. He writes nonfiction, fiction and memoir, and works with executives and experts on books that build authority.
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