Suicide bombers are coming to America's heartland. Their targets: our most precious and vulnerable assets - children. Following the most terrifying lead of his life, CIA Director Kirk McGarvey traces the threat to a terrorist known as Khalil - and becomes convinced that Khalil and the Saudi playboy prince Abdul Hasim ibn Salman are the same man. From the deadly, frigid Alaskan waters to the balmy breezes of the French Riviera, and finally to the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC, McGarvey has to unravel the latest threat from Osama Bin Laden in order to save American schoolchildren from suicide bombers willing to martyr themselves as Soldiers of God.

Author Biography

David Hagberg has published numerous novels of suspense, including his bestselling thrillers featuring former CIA director Kirk McGarvey, which include "Abyss," "The Cabal," "The Expediter," and "Allah's Scorpion." He has earned a nomination for the American Book Award, three nominations for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award and three Mystery Scene Best American Mystery awards. He has spent more than thirty years researching and studying US-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Hagberg joined the Air Force out of high school, and during the height of the Cold War, he served as an Air Force cryptographer. He attended the University of Maryland and University of Washington. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, he now lives with his wife Laurie in Sarasota, Florida.