| Out of the Ashes By Skip Allen | |
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Item: 1011 $18.95 ISBN: 0-595-31514-3 Paperback; 6" X 9" 474 pages Movie rights available As the war on terrorism escalates throughout the world, everyone in the U.S. wants two questions answered. Will al Qaida attack the U.S. again? Will the government be able to put the pieces of the intelligence puzzle together in time to stop the attack? In Out of the Ashes, author Skip Allen weaves a fictional thriller that offers a chilling response to these questions. Almost five years have passed since September 11, and al Qaida is plotting to attack the U.S. again. They are armed with a biological weapon of mass destruction they call the Phoenix, a new encrypted communications network, and three American terrorists who will deliver the Phoenix. Ground zero is the American Heartland, and seven days remain before the July 4 zero hour. The government's Phoenix Task Force races against time to uncover al Qaida's plot. Task force agents, Matt Garret and Annie Stewart, infiltrate al Qaida's operation in Costa Rica and risk their lives to try to stop this diabolical plot before the Phoenix can rise Out of the Ashes. With a ready-made audience, Out of the Ashes joins the growing front (e.g., led by like Joel Rosenberg's The Last Jihad and The Last Days, and Vince Flynn's Memorial Day) of this particular genre. In Out of the Ashes, the reader not only gets to realize that the al Qaida threat is very real, and chillingly so, but that the government will stop at nothing to thwart any attacks by al Qaida. For more information go to http://skipallen.com. |
Skip Allen, who holds Master's Degrees in Human Resources Development and Public Administration from Webster University, gained experience in the fields of intelligence, communications, and computer security during his 25 years in the United States Air Force. Drawing upon his military experiences, he explores the inner workings of a fictional terrorism plot perpetrated by al Qaida and the government's efforts to keep up with the dogged determination of the terrorists to destroy the U.S. way of life. This is his first novel. He lives and works in Florida. |
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