The Addict is a gripping crime fiction involving the hunt for a terrorist. Case agent, Special Agent Maddison Cade, stumbles into an old high school buddy during the investigation. The old high school friend has fallen into a life of drugs and deception. Cade vows to help his old friend, so he enlists the man as an informant to keep an eye on him. As the two men work through the grusome pieces of the killing-spree puzzle, they each share pieces of their own life. In the end one man pulls the other to a better place. Readers will be so focused on the chase, they will not realize they are reading an inspirational book of sorts. The ending will leave many questioning their own values and concept of "success." This book is appropriate for most any reader as it is packed with suspense, twists and a surprise ending, with no profanity and carefully-written adult scenes. The entire Maddison Cade series to follow will be "fiction with a purpose," providing an escape from reality with an added life lesson.