The River Panj

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"David Raterman has published what may be the first thriller set in Afghanistan on 9-11 with 'The River Panj.' Raterman's debut uses the world events of Sept. 11, 2001, to show a personal tale of Derek Braun, a former Notre Dame football star who has found a calling doing relief work in Afghanistan. As terrorists shock the world, Derek is on his own when his fiancée and a colleague are kidnapped."
- South Florida Sun Sentinel

On September 11, 2001, Derek Braun is doing relief work in war-torn Afghanistan. ...
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Overview

"David Raterman has published what may be the first thriller set in Afghanistan on 9-11 with 'The River Panj.' Raterman's debut uses the world events of Sept. 11, 2001, to show a personal tale of Derek Braun, a former Notre Dame football star who has found a calling doing relief work in Afghanistan. As terrorists shock the world, Derek is on his own when his fiancée and a colleague are kidnapped."
- South Florida Sun Sentinel

On September 11, 2001, Derek Braun is doing relief work in war-torn Afghanistan. Suddenly he gets a call that his fiancée and elderly colleague are kidnapped along the border with ex-Soviet Tajikistan, which is struggling out of its own civil war. With no one to help, he goes in search. On this dangerous journey, he faces Islamic terrorists, heroin smugglers, corrupt Russian soldiers, Iranian spies and helpless CIA agents, witnessing an assortment of terrible acts that culminate in his own kidnapping.

Meanwhile terrorists begin using bodies of released hostages to export dirty bomb material to the United States. Osama bin Laden wants to acquire cesium-137 powder from the Soviet nuclear plant still operating in Tajikistan for the world’s first suicide dirty bomb. But is al-Qaeda involved in the plot targeting the Sears Tower in Chicago? Or another terrorist group?

Derek Braun finds out. But can he escape with his loved ones and alert authorities in time?
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Janice Bashman
"The October issue of THE BIG THRILL is here with the latest books from some of your favorite authors, including Wendy Corsi Staub, Lee, Child, John Sandford, Vincent Zandri, DAVID RATERMAN, Todd Ritter, Nate Kenyon, Jordan Dane, Eric Wilson, Shiloh Walker, and F Paul Wilson.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781466205451
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date: 8/31/2011
  • Pages: 264
  • Sales rank: 1,350,387
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.55 (d)

Meet the Author

Raterman has written books for National Geographic and Knopf/Random House and is a features correspondent for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He worked two years for CARE in ex-Soviet Tajikistan and seven months for a clinic that made artificial limbs for soldiers and war victims in Armenia. "The River Panj" is his debut novel.

After studying at Ohio University's Scripps School of Journalism, Raterman backpacked around much of the world for seven years, working odd jobs to support himself. He speaks Russian fluently.

Raterman lived in Chicago until he was nine and then grew up in Cincinnati, where most of his family and friends remain. He married a Russian TV writer and they live in Fort Lauderdale with their twin daughters. He is a member of International Thriller Writers.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 29, 2011

    Great Book - Very timely and well written

    This is a well written thriller and the author really know about the area he is writing about.

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  • Posted September 5, 2011

    Highly Recommend -You must check it out.....

    I bought this book for my husband. After he read and told me how interesting it was, I had to read it...... I must say it was interesting and thought provoking.... definitelty a good book for discussions. I hope he will continue his writing. I would love to read more by him.

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