The Ghost War

by Alex Berenson Narrated by George Guidall

Overview

Another thrilling adventure featuring John Wells, the deep cover CIA operative from the #1*New York Times*bestselling author of*The Faithful Spy*and*The Deceivers.

John Wells barely survived his homecoming when it was thought he'd become too close to the terrorists. Though his wounds have healed, his mind is far from clear. He needs to get back in the fight. And there is a fight waiting for him.*

A power play in China is causing chaos around the globe. And even as Wells does what he does best, a mole within the CIA is preparing to light the final fuse that will propel an unsuspecting world toward open war and annihilation. And this time, there may be nothing John Wells can do to stop it...

Editorial Reviews

Last time out, Alex Berenson won the Edgar First Novel award with suspenseful The Faithful Spy. Now he and his CIA agent protagonist, John Wells, return with another devilishly riveting spy thriller. Wells has returned Stateside after the deeply traumatizing events of his near-total immersion in the inner sanctums of al-Qaeda. But his Washington sanctuary brings him no rest: Reports drift in from Afghanistan of a frightening surge in Taliban activity, fueled, it is believed, by an unidentified foreign power. Unable to sit on his hands by the Potomac as dangers fester, our covert op darts once again into the hornets' nest. Even he could not expect what would meet him there.

Robert D. Kaplan

In The Ghost War, the New York Times reporter Alex Berenson has fashioned a smart, economically written spy novel that imagines a future clash with the Chinese. As such, it's a novel for policy wonks, with a very sophisticated vision of how a conflict with China could come about, akin to the kind of war-gaming scenarios that occupy Washington strategists.
—The New York Times

Kirkus Reviews

John Wells, who saved America's bacon in Berenson's The Faithful Spy (2006), returns, incompletely recovered from his Times Square showdown with Islamic terrorists. Tortured by the violence of his years as a double agent, Wells still craves action and excitement: He routinely rises from the bed he shares with comely intelligence agent Jennifer Exley for high-speed midnight rides on his huge motorcycle. Not to worry because real action is on the way. There's been a disaster off the coast of North Korea, where what was to have been the extraction of America's best intelligence source has gone completely wrong. All hands were lost when a bug planted on the rescued scientist put the rescue team squarely in the sights of a Korean submarine. How the scientist came to be bugged and why he was betrayed has everything to do with why Wells is recalled to service along with his lady friend. It is becoming clear that great international mischief is afoot, and Wells has the right combination of fluent Arabic and nearly superhuman strength to begin unraveling the anti-American plot, requiring the agent to fly to Afghanistan and join in a small deadly strike on hidden Taliban fighters. Numerous bodies bite the dust before Wells snares the Taliban's Russian consultants. Russians? Indeed. They are part of the machinery set in motion by General Li Ping, the only man at the top of the Chinese Communist party who is not on the take. Li's plan to bring about fair distribution of the new national wealth involves not only those Russians, but a mole at the CIA whose treachery has blinded the agency at the worst possible time. Terrific and relentless suspense and action in a reasonably credible plot. Agent:Heather Schroder/ICM

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169468397
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	02/12/2008
Series:	John Wells Series , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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