Book Info:

Classification: Fiction
Author: Alex Berenson
Publisher: Random House
Copyright: 2006

Review #1

Reviewer: Nancy
Book Rating:
Reviewer Comments: American CIA agent John Wells has successfully infiltrated al Qaeda and has lived as a part of them for ten years. Guilty over his failure to prevent 9/11, he is committed to making sure there is never another attack on his homeland, but plans are in place that even he doesn't know about...and his superiors in Washington have stopped trusting him. As events unfold it is obvious that al Qaeda won't be satisfied with just one more attack and that this time many more thousands will die. This may be the best spy novel I've ever read; Berenson's style is riveting!

Review #2

Reviewer: Marilyn
Book Rating:
Reviewer Comments: Political thriller.  John Wells is a CIA operative who has managed to infiltrate al Quida after years of building his cover.  He has met Bin Laden several times but his handler is Omar Khadri, the man in charge of planning and orchestrating attacks on America.  Now John is coming back home for a secret mission, but since Khadri doesn’t fully trust him, no details have been revealed.  The CIA doesn’t trust him either because of his lack of communication with them.  After two vicious attacks are carried out, the CIA has even less trust in John and, forced out of the information loop; he strikes out on his own.  Meanwhile, he still is being tested by Khadri with tasks which begin to reveal parts of the terrorist’s plan.  This will be the big one-“one which will make 9/11 look like a picnic”-involving some kind of biological, chemical or even nuclear weapons-and it is up to John to stop it.  Twists, turns and non-stop action make this a page turner you won’t want to miss.