Despite making a very good lifestyle from selling condos in the Florida Keys to the very rich, Realtor Bill Moore wants to be in on the action and have even more. Filled with motivational messages and his own self-importance, Bill lusts after the wealth and lifestyles of his well to do clients and set for himself a five year game plan to be really rich, now 18 months overdue and with little change on the horizon.

Always ready to weigh the consequences of oneupmanship, Bill is initially flippant about getting notices with the single word -- Modified -- on it. Yet after relatively harmless random events start to happen to him, his life suddenly is plunged in a serious downward spiral. As his computer sends false messages that disrupt his life and his wife uncharacteristically stays out of touch, Bill realizes that someone else now has a different agenda for his life. Caught in a mysterious web of reality changing lies, further complicated by an ex-prisoner seeking revenge on the people who framed him, Bill is definitely getting action - just not the kind he wanted. Is there anyone that he can trust? Can he find a way to escape?

After reading KILLER MOVE, the latest fast-paced thriller from New York Times best-selling author Michael Marshall, you will soon be freaking if you see the word "Modified" cross your path! While some readers initially may be as frustrated and confused as Bill Moore is at what is going on, Marshall's brilliantly conceived plot and characters soon pull you right into the action as the story moves from the seemingly ordinary to the unimaginable, yet realistic horror. Through the character's thoughts and action, Marshall cleverly highlights how ruthlessly communication technologies can be used to turn against you. Thriller fans are sure to find this a hellishly good read!

Book Summary

Stephen King hailed Michael Marshall's novel Straw Men as “a masterpiece . . . brilliantly written and scary as hell.” Now, Marshall returns with this latest unnerving tale—a creepy, fast-paced thriller that grips you from the first page straight through to its shocking end.

Bill Moore already has a lot, but he wants more . . . much more.

He's got a lucrative job selling condos in the Florida Keys, a successful wife, a good marriage, a beautiful house. He also has a five-year plan for supersuccess, but that plan has begun to drag into its sixth year without reaping its intended rewards. So now Bill's starting to mix it up—just a little—to accelerate his way into the future that he knows he deserves.

Then one morning Bill arrives at work to find a card waiting for him, with no indication who it's from or why it was sent. Its message is just one word: modified.

From that moment on, Bill's life begins to change.

At first, nothing seems very different. But when things begin to unwind rapidly, and one after another, people around Bill start to die, it becomes increasingly clear that someone somewhere has a very different plan for Bill's future. Confused and angry, Bill begins to fight against this unseen force until he comes to a terrifying, inescapable realization: Once modified, there's no going back.