The Onion Files

By Val Pattee

Suppose al-Qaeda has a second, potentially more devastating attack planned in 2001. That's the premise behind THE ONION FILES, a spy thriller differing from all previous novels in one very important... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897435053
• ISBN13: 9781897435052
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Agio Pub House
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"

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These media reviews are from valpattee.com, where you can listen to the interviews. Val was just interviewed on CBC Radio One's All Points West program. Host Jo-Ann Roberts said, "I was hooked when I started reading it... I found myself comparing it to Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum..." Later she expressed surprise that major publishers and agents hadn't snapped up this book and predicted that producers would soon notice it: "It really sounds like a movie." "The Onion Files flings us into a fast-paced chillingly-possible scenario that never lets up. It is that rarity, a believable spy yarn whose heroes and villains alike seem credible human beings, unlike the comic-strip cut-outs who populate some thrillers. The lifelike characters include a pair of intrepid agents from the Central Intelligence Agency, abetted by a sympathetic Soviet spy, who battle evil master-mind Osama bin Laden and his fanatical cohorts across the world. They are portrayed in such an authentic atmosphere, that many so-called fictional incidents portrayed in it could have actually occurred. [The author] confirms that by saying, 'Many of the anecdotes in my book are the real stuff, encounters during my own experience, altered just enough for security's sake.' " -- Sidney Allinson, The Times-Colonist, Victoria, BC The Onion Files is "a very good story and a pleasure to read" says Terry Spence, host of CFAX 1070 Talk Radio with Terry Spence. "It has that feel of truth to it like the guy who wrote it really knows what goes on in that part of our world." Major General Val Pattee's The Onion Files is an "exciting but at the same time alarming new book," says Rob Breakenridge, host of The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge on CHQR 770AM in Calgary. "Adding to the plausibility is the fact that the author comes to it all very much from an insider's perspective." Here are comments by experts who have read the advance reading copy: "Osama is alive and well in this fast paced thriller about the next major terrorist attack in North America. The destruction of their targets of choice would be much more devastating than the loss of the Twin Towers on 9/11. The author's background makes his descriptions of events all the more credible. Val Pattee retired as a major-general having spent the majority of the time following his fighter pilot career in the highest levels of the intelligence world during the Cold War. One can't help but think that some of his "imaginary" crises are based on similar events from his past. A chilling thought." -- Lewis W. MacKenzie, CM, OOnt, MSC and Bar, CD, Major-General (ret'd) "Val Pattee brings a lifetime of real world experience to writing this page turner. The Onion Files has an intricate, compelling and credible plot. One wonders how close to the brink we really are." -- Gordon Smith, former Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister "... General Pattee utilizes his vast experience and wide-ranging international intelligence contacts to provi

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"WHEW!!! I just finished devouring THE ONION FILES by the phenomenal Val Pattee. Right from the very first page to the absolutely chilling final one it was truly nonstop action. Like the onion of the title, the plot of this amazing book revealed itself page by page, chapter by chapter never lagging in suspense or substance. There were so many twists and turns in this book but the best was that on page 261 -- a complete OHHHH NOOOOO moment!!!! Most of the books that I read would be classified as geopolitical and are pretty frightening but none as scary as THE ONION FILES. So many times a really terrific book gets to the end and falls flat -- this one had the best ending ever -- made you want more -- fast!!! I've already started talking about this book, to anyone and everyone. It just NEEDS to be read by as many people as possible! Get this book fast and sit back and enjoy! You'll not be disappointed!!!