Blood Canal, or ‘Nahr Damm’ in Arabic… isan enigmatic phrase found in the treasure trove of data retrieved by Navy SEALsfrom Osama Bin Laden’s lair in Pakistan… a reference to an ancient battle wherea Muslim warlord turned a nearby canal red with the blood of his victims.
It's a codename... but what’s the target?
The CIA’s supercomputer kicks out a longlist of prospects including the world's biggest cruise ship now on her maidenvoyage. The Ocean Diamond is a ship asbig as a city... and no doubt a trophy target for Al Qaeda. But the evidence is slim... little more thana digital hunch... and the ship is fortress of high-tech security.
Leo de Sade, a former American hackerreborn with a new identity thanks to the French Foreign Legion, is the unlikelyhero signed up to ride shotgun. But whatstarts out as a simple security operation soon becomes a desperate fight forsurvival when the ship and the lives of her 9,000 passengers and crew aremenaced by a smart weapon of devastating destructive power and Leo uncovers aconspiracy of players far more dangerous than Al Qaeda.
With breathless pace… intricate plotting,and authentic detail, Blood Canal is a feast for lovers of page-turningsuspense.
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