A John Wells Novel
Putnam
February 2014
On Sale: February 11, 2014
Featuring: Ellis Shafer; John Wells
384 pages ISBN: 0399159738 EAN: 9780399159732 Kindle: B00DGZL18Q Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
John Wells goes undercover as the threat of nuclear war skyrockets between the United States and Iran, in the cutting-edge new novel from the #1 New York Timesโ bestselling author.
In an Istanbul hotel, a deep source warns a CIA agent that Iran intends to kill a CIA station chief. Quickly, John Wells is called in to investigate, but before he can get far, the tip comes true. Which means that the next warning the source gives will be taken very seriously indeed. And itโs a big one. Weโve put a package on a ship from Dubai to the United States. A radioactive one. A bomb? Not yet. Itโs a test run.
As the threat level jumps and the government mobilizes, something still doesnโt smell right to Wellsโs old CIA boss Ellis Shafer, and so he sends Wells on a private mission to find out whatโs going on. But the two of them are swimming against the tide. From Guatemala to Thailand to Hong Kong to Istanbul, Wells uses every skill he has, including his ability to go undercover in the Arab world, to chase down leads. But it might not be enough. Soon there might be nothing anyone can do to pull the United States back from the brink of war.
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