num_pages: 398
description: The USS Vicksburg is returning home when the crew comes upon a lifeboat bearing a dead Somali pirate who shows signs of torture. Questions immediately arise: Who is this man and which ship did he come from? Who tortured him? Soon Red Cell analysts Kyra Stryker and Jonathan Burke have traced the dead man back to an Iranian ship currently bound for Venezuelaand the ship appears to have dangerous radioactive cargo on board.The Iranians plan quickly becomes cleartheyre building a nuclear bomb in politically unstable Venezuela away from the UNs prying eyes. Stryker and Burke must tread carefully though because diplomacy in Venezuela is tricky at best. A civil war is at stake if word gets out. Can they stop the Iranians before its too late?From current CIA analyst and Red Cell think tank veteran Mark Henshaw Cold Shot is a fascinating thrilling and richly detailed journey into the intelligence world that only a true insider could create.
language: English
title: Cold Shot
publisher: Gallery Books