About the author

Dennis Bowen

<p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Thriller writer Dennis Bowen has researched his novels in more than 60 countries. Realism and spice infuse his stories, thus reflecting his wartime service and his background in the defense and intelligence communities. One of his readers accurately observed, &ldquo;Bowen knows his stuff.&rdquo;</font></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Stones</em></strong> is the first novel in Bowen&rsquo;s new Backstory Files Series. It provides a background for one of the primary characters in his bestselling International Thriller Series, currently at five books. Included are <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Water Diamonds (1)</em></strong>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Blackstone Perfection (2)</em></strong>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Crystal Seduction (3)</em></strong><em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The Redrock Quarantine (4), and The Final Masquerade (5).</strong></em></font></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif; font-size:12pt; margin:0px"><font color="#000000">When not traveling the globe for inspiration and intel for his stories, Dennis Bowen resides on the Southern California coast.</font></span></p>