title: The Exile (Bookshots)
author:  James Patterson 
description: James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
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  [![CoverImage](../images/00002.jpeg)](part0003.html)
  
  
  [**Begin Reading**](part0003.html)
  
  
  [Table of Contents](part0122.html)
  
  
  [A Preview of _Worst Case_](part0110.html)
  
  
  [A Preview of _I, Michael Bennett_](part0115.html)
  
  
  [About the Authors](part0120.html)
  
  
  [Books by James Patterson](part0121.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0123.html)
  
  
  In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading,
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  publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual
  property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for
  review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the
  publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the
  author’s rights.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _For Kathy, Eileen, and Jean_
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0122.html#part-1)
  
  [FIGHT THE POWER](part0122.html#part-1)
  
  
  
  
  
  [One](par