Duplicity
Subtitle: a novel
By: Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley
Contributors: Earley, Pete, author
Edition: First trade paperback edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781455530427; 9781455530434
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Politics and government; American Diplomatic and consular service; Terrorists; Presidents; Embassy takeovers; Election; Hostages; Fiction
Description: "Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich has teamed with novelist Pete Earley to create a gripping thriller to which Gingrich brings his unparalleled understanding of Washington's corridors of power. The greatest nightmare for the free world today would be a Master Terrorist hiding somewhere, coordinating radical Islamic groups at the highest level around the globe. In DUPLICITY, this invisible hand overseeing havoc plays a major role in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller. And of course, it's set during an American presidential election. When President Sally Allworth decides to reestablish America's Mogadishu embassy in Somalia before Election Day, her challenger says she's playing politics with American lives. That turns out to be true when the embassy is attacked and hostages are taken. Embassy station chief Gunter Connor and Marine Capt. Brooke Grant end up the unlikely survivors of this Benghazi-style attack. Suddenly, they are the only hope for saving their captured colleagues"--
Notes: Sequel: Treason.