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Books by Richard La Plante






Real Strength Now
The Lost Art of Breathing (Paperback)
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2017 by Escargot Books And Music
ISBN-13: 978-1-908191-55-7, ISBN: 1-908191-55-4

"Written in La Plante's usual raw, self-deprecating and honest style, the book chronicles his journey from a broken neck and a full body cast to a 3rd degree black belt in karate and a passion for strength training."






First Born
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Escargot Books And Music
ISBN-13: 978-1-908191-89-2, ISBN: 1-908191-89-9

"From his first breath, people know that John Reed is special. Gifted with an uncanny awareness and ability to communicate, he also possess the power to heal. Before long, a local priest heralds the infant as a new messiah, inadvertently drawing the attention of Neo Tech, part of a clandestine organization whose dark web extends from major multinational corporations to the vaults of the Vatican. Neo Tech believes that John Reed is neith ..."






Never Again
Building the Dream House
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 386 Pages, Published 2012 by Escargot Books Online Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-908191-30-4, ISBN: 1-908191-30-9

""Never Again," Richard La Plante promised after he and his new wife completed building their family home in East Hampton, New York."






Hog Fever(2nd Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2014 by Escargot Books And Music
ISBN-13: 978-1-908191-41-0, ISBN: 1-908191-41-4

"Richard La Plante started riding motorcycles at sixteen, escalating from a Cushman motor scooter to a Norton Electra. An arrest ended his ride at twenty. Eighteen years later, he realized that something was missing from his life.That something was a Harley-Davidson. Middle-aged, but determined, he bought the smallest bike in the Harley fleet, an 883 Sportster-opening the floodgates to new adventures.In "Hog Fever," La Plante motors from ..."






Leopard, and, Mind Kill(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 752 Pages, Published 2005 by Time Warner Paperbacks
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-3782-6, ISBN: 0-7515-3782-9

"LEOPARD Josef Tanaka, Japenese-American medical examiner, returns to Japan for his brother's funeral and learns he was savagely murdered."






Steroid Blues(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Hardcover, 315 Pages, Published 1995 by Forge
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-85810-0, ISBN: 0-312-85810-8

"Police detective Bill Fogarty and forensic pathologist and martial arts master Josef Tanaka must protect a man they would rather see dead, an insane steroids peddler who commands a private army of brain-dead, musclebound commandos. Tour."






Leopard(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1994 by Forge
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-85532-1, ISBN: 0-312-85532-X

"The sequel to the thriller Mantis finds Josef Tanaka returning to Japan to find his brother's brutal killer, leading him into the strange world of sumo wrestling, ritual tatooing, and the Yakuza and a confrontation with a human killing machine."






Last Day
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 262 Pages, Published 2015 by Escargot Books Online Limited
ISBN-13: 978-1-908191-77-9, ISBN: 1-908191-77-5

"A near-fatal mistake during the attempted bust by the cops leaves a bullet lodged in the right temporal lobe of Charlie's brain. Operating to remove it would likely kill Charlie. Living with it will change him forever. Two men linked forever by a tangle of lies and twisted loyalties. Two men who could not be more dissimilar-or more the same. When they meet again, for one it will be the Last Day."






Tegné(2nd Edition)
The Killing Blow (Tegne) (Volume 2)
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 330 Pages, Published 2015 by Escargot Books And Music
ISBN-13: 978-1-908191-19-9, ISBN: 1-908191-19-8

"Richard La Plante's engrossing fantasy-fiction saga Tegne: Soul Warrior continues with Book Two, Tegne: The Killing Blow. In the first volume, Tegne, Warlord of Zendow, has successfully faced the test of the heart and slain the Beast-his lover Neeka. Yet, now, Neeka's spirit has returned to torment Tegne, plaguing him with visions of a post-cataclysmic land of glass and steel and an ominous presence-"The Warrior." Fans of the first volu ..."






Detours(1st Edition)
Life, Death and Divorce on the Road to Sturgis (Tom Doherty Associates Books)
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2003 by Forge Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-0325-7, ISBN: 0-7653-0325-6

"Author Richard La Plante had always wanted to ride cross-country to Sturgis, South Dakota-to the famous motorcycle rally that has become the mecca for the American biker. But at the age of 53, still bruised from a divorce, newly remarried, and a father for the first time, he thought the trip would remain an armchair fantasy.Then came the summer of 1999. Pressured by work, another baby on the way, and being temporarily homeless, he made ..."






Hog Fever(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1997 by Forge Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-85830-8, ISBN: 0-312-85830-2

"Mark rang midweek. "Are you up for a little run to Southern Cycle on Saturday?" I was on the spot; I mean, was I a biker or not? "Sounds good to me," I answered, not knowing what "Southern Cycle" was or on which side of Marbella it was located. "Where are you?" he asked. "Kingston, right off the A3." I gave him directions to my house. "Good, we'll come by at about noon. See you." We'll? Who was "we"? I pondered. Did Mark lead a gan ..."






Motorcycle Memoir Ser.
Detours : Life, Death, and Divorce on the Road to Sturgis No. 2 of 2
by Richard La Plante
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Forge
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-0324-0, ISBN: 0-7653-0324-8

"TRADER VIC THE FIRST TIME I ARRIVED in Sturgis I was sitting in a small, prop- driven airplane, on a connecting flight from Denver, with my motorcycle helmet ..."






Mind Kill(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Hardcover, 318 Pages, Published 1998 by Forge
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-86055-4, ISBN: 0-312-86055-2

"In a shift away from martial-arts action, Richard La Plante presents a book with a challenging premise: what if the fabled Dreamtime is a real place where terror is a weapon, and belief--in God, in a higher power, in Something--may be one's only defense?."






Steroid Blues(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante, Richard Laplante
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1996 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8125-5073-3, ISBN: 0-8125-5073-0

"Investigating a bizarre murder in which every bone in the victim's body was shattered, police captain Bill Fogarty and his team uncover a body-enhancing drug operation that is hidden by two steroid supermen. Reprint. LJ. PW. NYT. "






Tegne Soul Warrior(Reprint)
by Richard La Plante, David Farland
Paperback, 371 Pages, Published 1996 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8125-5270-6, ISBN: 0-8125-5270-9

"When a seductive and dangerous woman betrays him, young Tegne+a7 is left powerless just when he needs his courage the most--when the Warlord and his assassins take up arms against him. Reprint."






Hog Fever(Updated)
The Hard Ride to Harley Heaven
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1995 by Pocket Books
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-85108-8, ISBN: 0-671-85108-X






leopard
by Richard La Plante
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1995 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8125-3020-9, ISBN: 0-8125-3020-9

"In the sequel to Mantis, medical examiner Josef Tanaka returns to Japan to find his brother's murderer, training himself in Japanese ritual in order to stop The Leopard, a stealthy killer. Reprint. K. PW. "






Mantis(1st Edition)
by Richard La Plante
Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 1993 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-85531-4, ISBN: 0-312-85531-1

"Philadelphia police detective Lieutenant William Fogarty and pathologist Joey Tanaka, a master of the martial arts, track the Mantis, a serial murderer with almost superhuman strength and an uncanny ability to baffle police. 75,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo."






The Killing Blow - Tegne Trilogy #2
by Richard La Plante, Dahlov Ipcar
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1990 by Orbit
ISBN-13: 978-0-7474-0093-6, ISBN: 0-7474-0093-8






Mind Kill
by Richard La Plante
Published 1997 by Little, Brown
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-87870-8, ISBN: 0-316-87870-7



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