"A smart, sophisticated, and inventive thriller, THE ZODIAC DECEPTION is an utterly convincing and compelling debut. The effort Kriss put into the story shows — and the relationship between Max, double agent and Nazi filmmaker, and Peter, the con man who must assassinate Hitler, is one for the ages. Don’t miss it."
-J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN SHADOWS FALL

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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @MariaCuomoCole Congrats to my former student on #Newtown. A far cry from the martini days! Keep up your committed work It's greatly needed. | 5 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @johngaspard: Thanks, @garykrisswrites, for the nice write-up on "The Miser's Dream." https://t.co/8E8dpgJB36 | 5 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 5: Fall blue sky uninked. A fine tip mountain stands ready. If only I could write. #haiku #poetry #Halloween #writing #Yiddish | 5 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Awe(ful)some decorations on #RozChast’s front lawn: She knows how to keep #Halloween well, if any woman alive possesses the knowledge. | 5 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Two #writers argued over a #novel. One said “character moves it,” the other “plot moves it.” #Woolf, passing by, told them, “mind moves it." | 5 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 4 Autumn leaves falling. Scattered pages on the ground. Gazed at, but unread. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #writing | 5 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Wriku 3 Ideas cascade down the mountain. Some shatter, freeing words inside. #haiku #writing #poetry | 5 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #WRIKU 2 Sentences streaming. I watch words rush by the bank laughing at my net (#Wriku: A #haiku structured #poem about #writing.) | 5 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Wriku: 3 line, 17 syllable (5-7-5) #poem about #writing: Words trapped in a well. My thirsty pen a bucket, but the rope is gone. | 5 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | When #writing a #novel, two trites can make a true, If there's nothing new under the sun, reach for the stars. | 5 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Novelists fretting about #voice should consider laryngitis. #Words whispered are often more effective than those said silently or roared. | 5 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @AMelvin_Author: Enjoying 'The Zodiac Deception' by @garykrisswrites - good period detail and an intriguing protagonist. A nice page-tur… | 5 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Thanks much for your kind words, Andrew. https://t.co/PGxO5Y12MD | 5 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @AuthorDaco @thrillerwriters How true. If you're around tonight say hello. | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @AndrewMayne Damn it, man, you're a magician--bifurcate! | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @AndrewMayne hey Andrew as one novelist/magician to another will you be at the Banquet tomorrow? | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Holding ANIMAL FARM #Orwell said: "Call it a short #novel and you oppose its reality.Don't and you ignore the fact.Now what do you call it?" | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @jennymilchman @gaylelynds I'm sure Gayle, who founded the ITW with David Morrell to assist #thriller #writers, is very proud of you. | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @jennymilchman Oh, damn, don't tell me my zipper was open again! | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Great evening! @jennymilchman launches AS NIGHT FALLS, her new #novel, at RJ Julia in Madison, CT. http://t.co/dTanpWTK1t | 5 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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“The Zodiac Deception is an amazing and ingenious WWII thriller. From the opening set-up to the shocking ending, Gary Kriss carries the reader on a harrowing journey of espionage and intrigue across the war-torn world and up to the highest levels of Nazi power. Vivid, fast moving, beautifully imagined and convincing, this is an epic debut novel.”
—Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Two Graves -
“The Zodiac Deception offers a fresh and wondrously original take on the old World War II tale. Gary Kriss's sterling debut mixes magic and mysticism with espionage and derring-do to create a perfect blend of what you'd have if Eye of the Needle met Stephen King on a lighter day. The story may not be true, but you'll wish it was and believe it too. Bold, refreshing, and downright terrific.”
—Jon Land, bestselling author of Pandora's Temple