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THE CONVERT'S SONG

Sebastian Rotella

The Convert’s Song features the same intense character from Triple Crossing, Valentine Pescatore. This explosive thriller takes Pescatore from the jungles of South America to the streets of Paris, from the mansions of the Spanish Riviera to the compounds of Baghdad, on a hunt for the leader of a radical Islamist faction operating undetected in the world's most famous cities.
Valentine is now an ex-U.S. agent trying to put his past behind him and start over in Buenos Aires. Working for private security, he is put on the path of an international terrorist network just before a devastating attack claims hundreds of lives. At the same time, his childhood friend and sometime criminal Raymond reappears after a decade off the grid and hints that he is involved in something big. When a call placed to Pescatore's phone makes him a suspect in the bombing, he knows there is only one possible connection. To clear his name, he must join forces with intelligence officers from three countries, including mysterious French agent Fatima Belhaj, to embark on a global manhunt for the suspected terrorist who was once his closest friend.

Sebastian Rotella is an author and award-winning senior reporter for Propublica, an independent organization dedicated to investigative journalism. He covers issues including international terrorism, organized crime, homeland security and immigration. Previously, he worked for 23 years for the Los Angeles Times, serving as bureau chief in Paris and Buenos Aires and covering the Mexican border. He was a Pulitzer finalist in international reporting in 2006. He is the author of Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Norton), which was named a New York Times Notable Book in 1998.
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Published 2014-12-09 by Mulholland Books/Little Brown

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Published 2014-12-09 by Mulholland Books/Little Brown

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geopolitical terror come alive on the page... Rotella serves up international intrigue with a delectable twist.

French rights licensed to Liana Levi

The Convert’s Song hooked me from its opening scene and kept me hooked to the very end. Sebastian Rotella has written a novel filled with suspense and intrigue, as well as real-world insights into those who commit terrorist acts and those who try to stop them.

This story reads as if the author was there to see it unfold, writing notes and observing the players -- that's because he pretty much was. Sebastian Rotella is an award-winning reporter, a non-fiction author on international terrorism, and, as we know, a crack thriller writer. THE CONVERT'S SONG is disturbingly believable and ferociously entertaining.

A propulsive thriller filled with action, vividly drawn characters, delightful insights into locales, and persuasive speculations about the stunningly complex web of alliances...Rotella…really knows what he is writing about.

Excellent. Rotella ratchets up the action with an absorbing look at international politics.

he Convert's Song is a revelation. Sure, it's a smart, gripping thriller that will have you turning the pages at high speed. But it's also a deep, emotionally resonant story of identity, friendship, and faith. Rotella's characters leap off the page in three dimensions and his plot is as imaginative as it is believable. I loved it