The Chosen Ones
Lisa Luciano
eBook
(Micro Publishing Media, May 21, 2020)
Somebody has to do something. One of the world's top male skaters is in danger. He will be dead before the end of the Olympics. If you can't stop it, at least find out why it happened. For once, tell the real story. Brody Yates has fallen on hard times. Fired from his job as a sports reporter for a major newspaper, he decides to go undercover as a trainer in order to infiltrate the backstage world of figure skating. He has one chance to save someones life and to turn his around by breaking the story of a lifetime. "The Chosen Ones", though fictionalized, reveals the secrets behind the sequins against the backdrop of the high- pressure sport of world- class figure skating. In this non-stop thriller, only one person can win. Not everyone will survive.The book is a period piece of the heyday of figure skating when scandal was rampant and skaters were household names. The author is a journalist who at the time was a New York Times writer covering the sport. Her articles highlighted the inequities on the Olympic level and were instrumental in helping change the rule that previous would not allow professional skaters to compete. The book has been read by professional skaters and the consensus is Lisa Luciano knows the truth. Included in this updated edition is a section on resources for those readers who follow the sport and for those who are yet to become obsessed fans.