SummaryCIA 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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