John Wells #2
Putnam
February 2008
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Featuring: John Wells
400 pages ISBN: 0399154531 EAN: 9780399154539 Hardcover Add to Wish List
CIA agent John Wells returns, in a novel that reaches
beyond today's headlines to foretell dangers yet to come,
from the author of The Faithful Spy- "one of the best
spy stories ever told" (The Wall Street Journal).
Alex Berenson's 2006 debut was one of the most
acclaimed suspense novels of the year, "the best spy
thriller in a long, long while" (The Kansas City
Star). The Ghost War proves that he is no longer
a brilliant newcomer but a master of the art.
In
The Faithful Spy, John Wells became the only American
CIA agent ever to penetrate al-Qaeda, but his handlers
became distrustful of him, and he of them. He had to stop a
devastating terrorist attack nearly alone.
Now
Wells is back in Washington. His wounds have healed, but his
mind is far from clear. He is restless, uneasy in his skin,
and careless with his safety. When the CIA finds evidence of
a surge in Taliban activity, backed by an unknown foreign
power, it takes little to convince Wells to return to
Afghanistan to investigate. But what he discovers there is
far from what he expected.
A deadly power play in
China, a mission to North Korea gone terribly wrong, an Iran
determined to go nuclear, a mole within the ranks of the CIA
who is about to light a fuse, the consequences of which he
cannot possibly understand-the world is hurtling toward
confrontation. And, this time, there may be nothing John
Wells can do to stop it. Real-world threats, authentic
details, a scenario as dramatic as it is plausible-The
Ghost War is another "timely reminder of the extremely
precarious way we live now" (The Washington Post).
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