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English
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COLD SHOT

Mark Henshaw

A Novel

This ingenious thriller follows two CIA analysts on the hunt for a dangerous Iranian nuclear scientist hell-bent on building a bomb right on America’s doorstep.

The USS Vicksburg is returning home when the crew comes upon a lifeboat bearing a dead Somali pirate who shows signs of torture. Questions immediately arise: Who is this man, and which ship did he come from? Who tortured him? Soon Red Cell analysts Kyra Stryker and Jonathan Burke have traced the dead man back to an Iranian ship currently bound for Venezuela—and the ship appears to have dangerous, radioactive cargo on board. The Iranians’ plan quickly becomes clear—they’re building a nuclear bomb in politically unstable Venezuela, away from the UN’s prying eyes. Stryker and Burke must tread carefully, though, because diplomacy in Venezuela is tricky at best. A civil war is at stake if word gets out. Can they stop the Iranians before it’s too late? From current CIA analyst and Red Cell think tank veteran Mark Henshaw, Cold Shot is a fascinating, thrilling, and richly detailed journey into the intelligence world that only a true insider could create.

Mark Henshaw is a graduate of Brigham Young University and a decorated CIA analyst with more than eleven years of service. In 2007, Henshaw was awarded the Director of National Intelligence Galileo Award for innovation in intelligence analysis. A former member of the Red Cell think tank, Henshaw is the author of Red Cell and lives with his family in Leesburg, Virginia. Visit him at MarkHenshaw.com.

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Book Published 2014-05-20 by Tochstone
Book Published 2014-05-20 by Tochstone

Comments

A lean and efficient effort fueled by an infrequent quality: believability . . . In this deft novel of intelligence, the CIA actually shines.

Cleverness runs rampant. The lead characters are always interesting and on their game, and the plot is excellently mapped out, increasing the chills and thrills by taking the reader through the almost supernatural world of American intelligence that only an expert writer could create. Hostile territory, radioactivity, the end of America, agents who will never stop until they have beaten the enemy—this one has it all.

Henshaw’s follow-up to his terrific debut, Red Cell (2012), continues the adventures of analysts Kyra Stryker and Jonathan Burke, well-rounded and fascinating characters with enough personal foibles to give them depth. Henshaw has a firm grasp of how the intelligence community operates, and uses that knowledge to deliver another winner. Readers seeking a revealing portrait of the covert world need look no further.

Before it’s in the news, it’s in Mark Henshaw’s novels. Cold Shot has all the hallmarks of a masterful espionage thriller—killer action scenes, heroes and villains on every side, suspense to spare, a timely plot, and above all else chilling insight into the secret world of intelligence. If you want to know what’s going on in Venezuela, read this book. You will be entertained and amazed.

Like The Hunt for Red October,this is a suspenseful thriller for those interested in espionage and military conflict.

A masterful espionage thriller that includes killer action scenes, heroes and villains on every side, suspense to spare, a timely plot, and chilling insight in to the secret worlds of intelligence. You will be amazed at what’s going on in Venezuela.

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