The devil's light
By: Richard North Patterson
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon; Paragon; Windsor
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781445888125; 9781445888132
Subjects: Terrorism; Fiction; Intelligence officers
Description: "August 2011, An al-Qaeda operative masterminds the theft of a Pakistani nuclear warhead, capable of causing destructino on an unprcedented scale. A chilling transmission is then broadcast, promising a major attack on a US city to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Intelligence indicates that the bomb is en route to the US, with Washington or New York the likely recipient. Yet this information is but an elaborate decoy and, while the CIA focuses on a domestic attack, the weapon moves closer to its true target ..."--P [4] of cover.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Quercus, 2011.