Book description
Shock and Awe is an incendiary action thriller from an audacious new
voice. Ex-special forces operative Carla Smukowski is struggling to come
to terms with her brother's murder by Islamic militants, but she's
unwilling to make peace with a world which has betrayed her. Her
collaborator - and sometimes lover - is Boyce Hammond, a down-at-heel
FBI agent who's been undercover so long he's forgotten where his
loyalties lie. Smukowski, Hammond and their squad of American terrorists
- the so-called Ethan Allen Brigade - seize a shipment of Indonesian
nuclear waste, intending to make a radiological 'dirty bomb' for an
attack that will inflame the Islamic world. But just as Hammond begins
to fear the group he has infiltrated might pull off their insane scheme,
the stolen shipment is snatched from them by a group of extremist every
bit as dangerous - and now America itself is the target. Packed with
breathtaking action scenes, political insight and unforgettable
characters, Shock and Awe turns the terrorist novel on its head: a
subversive action thriller for a new era.
David Isaak holds a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Resource Systems,
and has worked as an energy consultant in more than thirty countries,
including many Middle Eastern nations. He lives in Huntington Beach,
California.
