Synopses & Reviews
While in power, the South African apartheid regime made nuclear weapons. Later, they told the UN that the weapons were destroyed. But in fact the weapons were secretly stored by a white South African exile group. Now they have been refurbished and sold, but to whom?
American intelligence expert Ray Bowman is brought in to find out. With the help of a black, female South African intelligence officer, he races around the world to discover who bought the bombs and what they plan to do with them. Washington fears the bombs are intended for American cities, timed to explode before a presidential election that is just weeks away. What Bowman discovers is that the people who control the bombs intend to do something so devastating that it will make nuking a few U.S. cities look like a mild attack.
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Praise for
Sting of the Drone“Where Sting of the Drone stands above the rest, and what makes it important for those who have a tendency to shy away from this genre, is in its level of detail.…This is riveting reading.” —The Washington Post
“Insider knowledge of politics paired with amazing state-of-the-art technical details fuels this realistic nonstop action thriller, the best yet from Clarke... [Clarke] has set the standard by which all such titles in this growing subgenre will be measured.” —Publishers Weekly (starred boxed review)
“Well worth reading, both for its quality as a riveting tale and for the issues it exposes.” —Kirkus Reviews
"Sting of the Drone is a jet-fueled race through a world where the sky itself can be your worst enemy." —Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Clarke does a terrific job showcasing how the drone program works and revealing something about the men and women behind the scenes who use the machines." —Booklist
"On rare occasions a thriller comes along that turns out to be prophecy: Sting of the Drone is one of them. This rip-snorting thriller may be the best unclassified peek you will ever get on the new high-tech offensive in the war against terrorism. A seminal, prophetic, troubling must-read."—STEPHEN COONTS
"This one smacks so much of reality you'll swear it's real. Written in a deft hand, by a man who knows what he's talking about, the take-no-prisoners plot serves up a banquet of high drama, action, and adventure. A great read." —STEVE BERRY
"It's rare a novel is written ahead of the headlines, but the plot of Sting of the Drone is just that book. If you've wondered what it's like to be inside the U.S. Predator drone program, your wait is over. Prepare for your hand to take hold of the joy stick, your heart to lodge firmly in your throat. Tom Clancy takes to the air. Put this book on your radar." —RIDLEY PEARSON
"What Tom Clancy did for submarines, Richard A. Clarke does for drones. Fascinating and frightening, Sting of the Drone moves as fast as the new kind of warfare that it depicts, with authentic details that only someone with the author's impressive insider credentials could know. This first-rate thriller . . . a cross between a techno-thriller and a docu-thriller, ought to be required reading for anyone who wants to know the current status of the battle against terrorism." —DAVID MORRELL
"Sting of the Drone is a riveting page-turner that goes deep into the complex world of those who hunt with, and are hunted by, military drones. Rich with detail and informed by his expertise in national security, Richard Clarke brings this hidden world to vivid life." —JEFF ABBOTT More Praise for Richard A. Clarke
"Richard A. Clarke's nail-biter suspense novel irrefutably proves that there is nothing like being America's pre-eminent counterterrorism expert to goose up your book with real terror." —Vanity Fair on Breakpoint
"His almost three-decade background in intelligence and counterterrorism serves him exceptionally well when he narrates a hair-raising Special Ops assault." —The Washington Post on Scorpions Gate
"[Cyber War] may be the most important book about national-security policy in the last several years." —Slate on Cyber War
"Chilling.... [A] harrowing — and persuasive — picture of the cyberthreat the United States faces today." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, on Cyber War
"In this chilling and eye-opening book, Clarke and Knake provide a highly detailed yet accessible look at how cyber warfare is being waged and the need to rethink our national security to face this new threat." —Booklist on Cyber War
"Clarke and Knake are right to sound the alarm." —The Wall Street Journal on Cyber War
"From the first thrilling chapter, which takes readers into the White House center of operations on September 11, through his final negative assessment of George W. Bushs post-9/11 war on terror, Clarke, the U.S.s former terrorism czar, offers a complex and illuminating look into the successes and failures of the nations security apparatus." —Publishers Weekly on Against All Enemies
"Against All Enemies is too good to be ignored.... It is a rarity among Washington-insider memoirs—it's a thumping good read." —The New York Times Book Review on Against All Enemies
or its quality as a riveting tale and for the issues it exposes.” —Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Bestselling author Richard A. Clarke draws upon his experience at the highest levels of national security in Pinnacle Event the Pentagon code for a nuclear threat a gripping international thriller told from the rare vantage point of a true Washington insider.
With a presidential election just weeks away, five simultaneous murders on three continents lead to an investigation revealing the recent black-market sale of five nuclear weapons. But who bought them? And what is their intended target?
Clarke combine s] real-life intelligence details with narrative drive...will please political geeks and action fans. Booklist
Washington fears the attacks are timed to explode in major American cities before the election. They call on veteran intelligence expert Ray Bowman to track down the missing nukes. Now, with the help of a Mossad agent and a female South African intelligence officer, Ray follows a trail one that takes him across the globe and back to put a stop to the destruction. Along the way, Ray discovers that those who control the arsenal are behind a far more sinister plot than he could have imagined. . .and they will stop at nothing to achieve their means. And time is running out.
Clarke delivers an edge-of-your-seat race across the planet that keeps you guessing until the very end. Kyle Mills, New York Times bestselling author
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About the Author
Richard A. Clarke served for thirty years in the United States Government, including an unprecedented ten continuous years as a White House official, assisting three consecutive presidents. In the White House he was Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace, and National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism. Prior to his White House years, he served as a diplomat, including as Assistant Secretary of State, and held other positions in the State Department and the Pentagon.
Since leaving government in 2003, Mr. Clarke has served as an on-air consultant for ABC News for ten years, taught at Harvards Kennedy School of Government for five years, managed a consulting firm, chaired the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute, and written six books, both fiction and nonfiction, including the national number one bestseller Against All Enemies and Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It.