Synopses & Reviews
After learning that an Iranian scientist is in the process of developing nuclear weapons on Iranian soil, all-but-forgotten spymaster Stewart Banquo initiates a rogue special operation. With the assistance of his most trusted agent, Robert Wallets, Banquo recruits Peter Johnson, a dissolute, morally bankrupt liberal news journalist, to travel to Iran. Johnson poses as a sympathetic reporter writing a piece on the countrys nuclear facilities. His mission: to kill the scientist. Like many elaborate plans, Johnsons assassination attempt goes awry. The journalist falls into Iranian hands and is tortured to confessa staggering security crisis for the United States. Aided by Wallets and the battle-hardened Marjorie Morningstar the CIA operatives who trained himJohnson escapes from Iran.
Now back in the United States, Johnson helps Banquo and his CIA cohorts lead a team of federal agents and New York City officials in tracking down a group of suspected Iranian terrorists in New York who are planning to commit nuclear terrorism by dispersing a highly radioactive material throughout the city streets and subways. When Johnsons only daughter is kidnapped by the Iranians, he and Banquo must race against time to save her...and the City of New York.
Synopsis
A]n intelligent, supercharged thriller. Rich Lowry and Keith Korman have crafted a scenario so real, and so frightening, that readers (both inside and outside the CIA) will undoubtedly lose sleep over it.--"New York Times"-bestselling author Brad Thor.
Synopsis
An explosive and topical novel about a potential war with Iran, written by one of the leading lights of the Conservative movement
About the Author
Rich Lowry graduated in 1990 from the University of Virginia, where he studied English and history. He was named editor of
National Review in 1997. He has written for the
New York Times, the
Washington Post, the
Wall Street Journal, the
Los Angeles Times, and a variety of other publications. He is a syndicated columnist and a commentator for the Fox News Channel. His book
Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years was a
New York Times bestseller. He lives in New York City.
Keith Korman is a graduate of Friends Seminary in New York City and Hobart College in Geneva, New York. A literary agent in his familys firm, Raines and Raines, he has represented a wide variety of authors in both fiction and nonfiction for the last thirty years. His previous works include Swan Dive, Archangel, and Secret Dreams. He lives in upstate New York.