James PomerantzJames writes high-stakes thrillers for readers who crave elite operators, moral gray zones, and relentless action, led by The Breacher's Playbook 2025 and TheRogue Breacher 2026, a new Deklan Novak novel featuring a former U.S. Navy SEAL pushedoff the grid and into a war without rules. The cryptic industry message that best describes JamesPomerantz as the author from the Deklan Novak novels to the recently released; Camelot's SecretLegacy: It's not the prose. or ... it's not ONLY the prose. The first pages written by James makethe reader put down whatever they were doing and read past where they were supposed to stop.The style/genre has a specific quality that agents and publishers have been trying to name foryears. The closest they can get is that the words feel inevitable. Like the book knows exactlywhat it is from the very first line. Like the writer decided about voice, about where to enter thestory, about what the first thing the reader experiences will be, and committed to it completely.No hedging. no warming up. No, let me establish some context before we get to the actualthing." Just here we are. This is the world. This is the voice. Come with me or don't.James cut his writing teeth in Chicago while owning 10 nightclubs and sports bars over manyyears. As a forerunner to the celebrity restaurant boom coming, James led the pack. Jamesopened a themed 1988 restaurant in partnership with the Newman/Haas CART Racing Team ofMario Andretti, owned in part by actor Paul Newman. James then survived a restaurantpartnership with actor Steven Seagal in 1991, after the movies Above the Law and Hard to Killmade Seagal an A-list movie star. James lives in Scottsdale with his girlfriend. Pomerantz books: The Breacher's Playbook 2025, Camelot's Secret Legacy 2026, Ghost Bandit 2019, Sid Rock/Rodeo's Extreme Cowboy 2002. Read More Read Less