CIA agent Claude Lafeur is sent to free the American ambassador kidnapped by terrorists in the Dominican Republic after a massive attempt by the U.S. Army to free him fails. By the author of Crisis.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
While we're all focused on Middle Easter terrorism, what if some group of whackos decided to open a new front right on our doorstep in Latin America? In this very realistic thriller, Grace posits the Iranian revolutionaries recruiting and training Latin American terrorists, unemployed since the end of the Cold War, and launching a take-over of the Dominican Republic. Obviously written before 9/11, this book still rings true, maybe even more so. A decliciously complicated endgame brings the whole thing to a very satisfying conclusion.
A real page-turner
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
In this techno-thriller a group of Latin American radicals, led by a defrocked priest and financed by Iran, attempt to take over the Dominican Republic. They initiate a violent urban guerrilla war then kidnap the American Ambassador to undermine U.S. support for the local government. The American military response is immediate, heavy-handed, and totally unsuccessful. It remains to an African-American CIA officer, overweight, unmpromotable, and ignored by the authorities, to unravel the plot and pull together a scratch force to save the Ambassador and thwart the terrorists. You can tell that the author has lived and worked on the island (he's a Foreign Service Officer), and his understanding of the local culture, government bureaucracy, and military operations is flawless. The plot is incredibly complex, yet easy to follow, without some of the usual holes or miraculous events so common in this genre. It is equal to Clancy at his best. I dare you to put it down.
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