CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael is cleaning out her desk
and about to tender her resignation when an evil the world
thought long dead returns with a vengeance. 30 April, a
terrorist group that not only held the world in fear but
also took the life of the Vice President of the United
States, has apparently survived, even though they had
reportedly been wiped out. Hospitals are jammed full of
people, most of who are dying after being served cups of
water laced with ricin. Panic is building as the mysterious
party serving the water has disappeared without a trace.
Caroline, whose heart is heavy with loss and secrets, knows
she can't turn her back on her country now. She recognizes
the neo-Nazi group for what it is, and there is no time to
waste if they're to be stopped from further attacks upon
the world.
One by one, the people she's worked with and who have
intimate knowledge of her past mission, fall prey to
assassination. People she's trusted in the very government
she's so diligently sought to serve are ready to make
someone she loves the ultimate scapegoat, destroying
Caroline in the process. Someone supposed to be long-dead --
her husband Eric, a secret operative once planted deep
undercover in the 30 April group, reappears. Now his cover
is blown, and together they must try to keep one step ahead
of the enemy, an enemy with many faces. Caroline must not
only try to save her country and her husband, she must also
expose the actual people behind this political facade. And
then there's her promise to the vulnerable Jozsef Krucevic,
the young boy who happens to be as much a victim as anyone
else of his dead father, the past leader of 30 April. In a
world of uncertainty, where trusting anyone is like playing
Russian roulette with a fully loaded pistol, Caroline may
have to choose between those she loves and those she is
supposed to serve.
Carmichael has created a story so real that it's as if you
are reading a blow-by-blow report from the major networks
as the story unfolds, instead of fiction. Her characters
are as varied and compelling as the story itself, from the
courageous Caroline to the vulnerable senator's wife, Dana,
who is dying with as much dignity as possible. The book is
fast-paced and drags the reader into its pages from the
first sentence. You're hooked until the very last page is
turned. An incredible read, an incredible book.
Former CIA analyst Francine Mathews has created “one of the
toughest female secret agents we’ve seen in a long time.”*
Using her firsthand expertise of international espionage,
Mathews offers another brilliantly realized suspense novel
so intense, so authentic, it lethally blurs the line
between fact and fiction. In Blown, Caroline Carmichael
returns in a white-hot tale of terror on the streets of
Washington, where one woman must gamble her life to save
her country.
As thousands of runners line up for the Marine Corps
Marathon in Washington, D.C., no one suspects that in a
matter of hours the event will become a race between life
and death. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael is about to
tender her resignation, when the first reports of a
terrorist attack pour in–and she instantly recognizes the
hand of an enemy she’s battled for years: the 30 April
Organization. The neo-Nazi group is alive and well and
operating in the United States, assassinating top officials
and abducting a vulnerable child from the front ranks of a
state funeral. When Caroline’s husband, Eric, is arrested
in Germany as a 30 April operative, Caroline has no choice
but to take to the streets–and target the evil herself.
Eric has worked as a “legend” for years–a false identity so
perfect, the CIA believes he’s dead–and gone deep
undercover within the terrorist group Caroline is
determined to destroy. Now his cover’s been blown, and
Eric’s intimate knowledge of 30 April’s plans makes him a
target for both sides: the killers he’s betrayed, and the
American government he’s sworn to protect.
Torn between a desire to save her husband and her duty to
save her country, Caroline is drawn back into a treacherous
labyrinth where trusting others is as good as suicide. For
the enemy this time wears a familiar face: that of an
American patriot, waving his flag alongside his gun. To
stem disaster, Caroline has only one choice: to betray
everyone in which she believes–or everyone she loves.
For an agent without cover–an agent who’s blown–is worse
than betrayed: she’s as good as dead.
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