BLACK SUN RISING

“A lost World War II weapon of mass destruction … A devastating explosion in Washington, DC that conjures fears of another 9/11 … A charismatic police detective stalking his partner’s killer … Otho Eskin’s BLACK SUN RISING delivers the propulsive elements of a classic thriller in an all-too-frightening story about today.”
—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author

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2025 PenCraft Book Award 1st Place Winner
2025 Literary Titan Gold Book Award
#7 Amazon New Release in Political Thrillers & Suspense
#7 Amazon New Release in Terrorism Thrillers (Kindle Store)
#8 Amazon New Release in Terrorism Thrillers (Books)

Forget about the old cliche ‘ripped from the headlines.’ Honed from the work of Frederick Forsythe, Robert Ludlum and Alistair MacLean, here is a brilliant, bracing and blistering book that may predict them instead.
—Jon Land, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
Another Otho Eskin thriller that delivers double the trouble, twice the action, and quadruple the enjoyment.
—Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author
Robert B. Parker meets David Baldacci as the irresistible and brilliant Marko Zorn navigates this political noir, where individual determination and bravery battle the dark powers of destruction.
—Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author

LATEST NEWS

Playbill and Booktrib have partnered to pair a Broadway production with a book. Black Sun Rising is the first offering.

Black Sun Rising featured in the Nov-Dec issue of the Foreign Service Journal

Otho’s column on Washington Pre-Occupation

Otho was featured on Frank about Health on TalkRadio.NYC

Black Sun Rising was featured in BookTrib: “8 Books that Prove History Is Never Neutral”

Interviewed by Montell Williams: “The Thriller That Dares to Challenge America’s Future”

Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino

Otho was on the Ross Kaminsky Show

Black Sun Rising is an Amazon Bestseller!

Watch the trailer for the Black Sun Rising Launch Event (full video coming soon!)

Otho interviewed about Black Sun Rising on Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb

Otho contributed to a Letter to the Editor of The Washington Post (last entry)

Black Sun Rising featured in CrimeReads: “5 Novels About the End of Democracy”

Black Sun Rising reviewed on WBZ-AM in Boston

Otho had a piece published in the LA Times: “In an era that celebrates cruelty, embrace subversive kindness”

The Marko Zorn Novels

The Reflecting Pool
Head Shot
Head Shot
Head Shot
Read the Marko Zorn Series in hardcover, paperback, eBook or audiobook, wherever books are sold! Each can be read as a stand-alone novel or as part of the series.

Biography

Otho Eskin served as a US Foreign Service officer for over twenty years with assignments in locations across Europe and the Middle East. He was involved in negotiations on the United Nations International Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Space Station, and the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Upon retirement, Eskin became an internationally produced playwright and a thriller novelist.

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Praise for Otho’s Writing

Another Otho Eskin thriller that delivers double the trouble, twice the action, and quadruple the enjoyment.
—Author Steve Berry on Black Sun Rising
Marko is a compelling character… The tightly constructed story moves along at a brisk clip… A complex, fast-paced mystery.
—Kirkus Reviews on Firetrap
High-energy game of cat-and-mouse…that offers plenty of thrills.
—Publishers Weekly on Firetrap

Those who prefer breathless action to careful reflection will enjoy this one.
—Publishers Weekly on Head Shot

Head Shot is … a thinking man’s thriller that would make David Baldacci or Brad Meltzer proud. Zorn is one of the most unique and colorful voices in thriller fiction today.
—Jon Land on Head Shot
Readers will look forward to seeing more of Zorn, a distinctive lead with his dry humor, clipped dialogue, and rogue tendencies.
—Publishers Weekly on The Reflecting Pool
The Reflecting Pool has the kind of unexpected plot twists and turns that keeps the reader’s riveted attention from beginning to end.
—Midwest Book Reviews on The Reflecting Pool
The best crime hero this side of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch. Woven from the fabric of masters like John D. MacDonald and Robert Crais, this riveting page-turner is never afraid to cut its own cloth.
—Jon Land, Providence Journal on The Reflecting Pool

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