Cheryl's Book Nook

In Mecca, a U.S. drone is captured on camera dropping attack missiles on innocent pilgrims. Thousands of lives are destroyed, and it appears that a U.S. revenge mission is to blame. All cards are off the table as nations around the world peg the American government for a blatant crime against humanity, and top leaders are scrambling for anyone to blame… including new CIA operative Jake Keller, who was meant to use the drone in Yemen to take down a top al Qaeda leader. In China, a careful plot is underway to build alliances―and it wouldn’t be so hard to point the finger at a powerful rival for atrocities it’s not responsible for. It’s not so long before things begin to take a turn at home in America. Are terrorist attacks against civilians a retaliation for U.S. actions in the Middle East? Or is a terrible, sinister plot to blame? On the run for his life from the Middle Eastern governments who have placed a bounty on his head, and from the American forces wh...

When a commercial aircraft makes an emergency landing at an Iranian military base, it looks like a crisis has been narrowly avoided. But for undercover intelligence analyst Zac Miller, the CIA-staged crash landing is the only part of his assignment that goes right. What was supposed to be a simple surveillance mission quickly heads south when the Iranians apprehend the smooth-talking American. Never trained to be a field operative, Zac's in over his head, especially when it turns out escaping from captivity is only the beginning of his problems. On the run across Europe from both Iranian agents and Western authorities who are convinced he's defected, Zac finds himself fighting for his life, with no guarantee he'll even have one to go back to. My Review I did like this book but I did struggle a bit to find that strong connection to the characters. This in turn caused me to lose some focus on the story. Yet, it made up I other aspects like intensity and speed. These tw...