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The Contractor - Couverture rigide

Mackinnon, Colin

 
9780312355784: The Contractor
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0312355785 ISBN 13 : 9780312355784
Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2009

Synopsis

Rick Behringer is an outside contractor working for the CIA. In the light of day, he provides communications security for small businesses and government offices. In the shadows, Rick's a spy who is still haunted by the mysterious death of his own father, a high-level officer in the CIA who committed suicide when Rick was thirteen years old. Exploiting his dangerous network of contacts, Rick learns of a mysterious Pakistani Islamist, a rogue nuclear physicist, who is trying to acquire highly enriched uranium in order to construct 'an Islamic bomb'. As he begins to hunt him down, he encounters a host of nefarious characters, a few willing to help, many more willing to take his life. As the plot hurtles toward its startling conclusion, Rick faces the devastating truth about his father's death while he spans the globe in a desperate struggle to take down a terrorist mastermind with the means to unleash hell on our nation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Rick Behringer is an outside contractor working for the CIA. In the light of day, he provides communications security for small businesses and government offices. In the shadows, Rick's a spy who is still haunted by the mysterious death of his own father, a high-level officer in the CIA who committed suicide when Rick was thirteen years old. Exploiting his dangerous network of contacts, Rick learns of a mysterious Pakistani Islamist, a rogue nuclear physicist, who is trying to acquire highly enriched uranium in order to construct 'an Islamic bomb'. As he begins to hunt him down, he encounters a host of nefarious characters, a few willing to help, many more willing to take his life. As the plot hurtles toward its startling conclusion, Rick faces the devastating truth about his father's death while he spans the globe in a desperate struggle to take down a terrorist mastermind with the means to unleash hell on our nation.

Revue de presse

"Middle East expert MacKinnon puts a fresh twist on the stolen suitcase-nuke plot in this smart thriller...This fine espionage procedural should please spy and adventure fans alike." - Publishers Weekly." --Publishers Weekly

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Éditeur
St Martin's Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0312355785
ISBN 13 
9780312355784
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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