“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

![]() |
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. | 4 years 3 days ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @johngaspard: Thanks, @garykrisswrites, for the nice write-up on "The Miser's Dream." https://t.co/8E8dpgJB36 | 4 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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 | 4 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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. | 4 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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." | 4 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 4 Autumn leaves falling. Scattered pages on the ground. Gazed at, but unread. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #writing | 4 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Wriku 3 Ideas cascade down the mountain. Some shatter, freeing words inside. #haiku #writing #poetry | 4 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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.) | 4 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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. | 4 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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. | 4 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Novelists fretting about #voice should consider laryngitis. #Words whispered are often more effective than those said silently or roared. | 4 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @AMelvin_Author: Enjoying 'The Zodiac Deception' by @garykrisswrites - good period detail and an intriguing protagonist. A nice page-tur… | 4 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Thanks much for your kind words, Andrew. https://t.co/PGxO5Y12MD | 4 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @AuthorDaco @thrillerwriters How true. If you're around tonight say hello. | 4 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @AndrewMayne Damn it, man, you're a magician--bifurcate! | 4 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @AndrewMayne hey Andrew as one novelist/magician to another will you be at the Banquet tomorrow? | 4 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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?" | 4 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
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. | 4 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @jennymilchman Oh, damn, don't tell me my zipper was open again! | 4 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
![]() |
Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Great evening! @jennymilchman launches AS NIGHT FALLS, her new #novel, at RJ Julia in Madison, CT. http://t.co/dTanpWTK1t | 4 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
Pages
-
-
"A refreshingly inventive, exciting WWII thriller. A con artist taught escapes by Houdini, spiritualism tricks by Conan Doyle and Method acting by Stanislavski, his desperate mission takes him from Berlin to Paris to the deserts of North Africa and the intrigues of Cairo. It's unlike anything you've read before."
—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder as a Fine Art -
“Flush with fascinating historical details, The Zodiac Deception by Gary Kriss is an exciting spy thriller like no other. For six months in 1942 as war burns across Europe, "Professor David Walker" is undercover with a seemingly impossible mission--trick Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler into assassinating his boss, Adolf Hitler. Fortunately, the professor is much more than he seems. From Berlin to Paris, Cairo to Istanbul, Walker dodges killers, unmasks charlatans, coordinates with the underground, and creates illusions that seem so real Himmler believes them. This is adventure at its best.”
—Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Spies