W. E. B. Griffin Rogue Asset by Andrews & Wilson

Informationen zum Autor Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson Klappentext The secretary of state has been kidnapped by Islamic extremists and his only hope for survival is a reconstituted Presidential Agent team in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling series. Secretary of State Frank Malone has been kidnapped from his Cairo hotel—his security detail wiped out. President Natalie Cohen is left with several unacceptable options. It's time to think outside the box, and that can only mean one thing: the revival of the Presidential Agent program. Cohen calls for Charley Castillo to come out of retirement to direct a new Presidential Agent, one Captain P. K. "Pick" McCoy, USMC. Charley may be too old to kick down doors and take names, but Killer McCoy is just the man to get the job done. Together, they will track the kidnapped secretary from Cairo to sub-Saharan Africa. The only problem is that one man can't hope to win against an army of terrorists...good thing there are two of them. Leseprobe CHAPTER ONE Marriott Mena House Hotel Giza Cairo, Egypt March 15, 10:11 p.m. "You Americans and your conspiracy theories," the Egyptian ambassador to the United States said through a laugh. "I don't know how these crazy rumors get started, but I can assure you extraterrestrials were definitely not involved. Ingenuity and manpower-that's how the pyramids were built." U.S. Secretary of State Frank Malone, who at six-foot-four and two hundred and forty-five pounds towered over the ambassador, smiled at the comment as he looked past the manicured courtyard and palm canopies at the four-thousand-year-old marvels in the distance. From the outdoor balcony of his Pyramid Suite at the Mena House, he could see both the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Khafre atop the Giza Plateau. He shifted his gaze from the pyramids to Ambassador Gamal. Malone had thrown out the "Did aliens really build the pyramids?" comment to see how the man would react. The comment was clearly a joke, but it was also a test. The fifty-nine-year-old Malone, a self-made millionaire and the retired CEO of Malone Construction Ltd., had come to believe that everything in life was a test. Every task, every conversation, every interaction-no matter how insignificant or mundane-was an opportunity to rise or fall. Gain or cede. In this case, the Egyptian had proven himself to be affable, quick-witted, and someone who knew how to handle a curveball. "As a former construction man, I can appreciate more than most why the Great Pyramid is the Seventh Wonder of the World," Malone said, contemplating how in the hell the ancient Egyptians had managed to stack more than two million limestone blocks, each weighing two-and-a-half tons, forty stories in the air without cranes and excavators. Blood, sweat, and bone built the pyramids, and he wondered how many slaves had died to fulfill the grand narcissistic desire of a man who believed himself a god. Thousands? Tens of thousands? More? "Minister Pasha is very much looking forward to meeting you this afternoon," Gamal said, referring to Malone's domestic equivalent-Egypt's newly appointed minister of foreign affairs. Pasha was Gamal's predecessor, serving as ambassador to the United States before being promoted. This was the typical diplomatic career progression in many countries, where the U.S. ambassadorship served as the ultimate litmus test and stepping-stone for promotion to the head of a nation's international affairs. "I'm looking forward to meeting him, too," Malone said. "I understand he and my predecessor did not see eye to eye on most issues." Gamal laughed politely. "It is true-there was great tension with the last administration, but now, with President Cohen's commitment to global diplomacy, Egypt is looking forward to renewed opportunities for dial...

Product details

• Authors: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2022
• EAN: 9780515155624
• ISBN: 978-0-515-15562-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 190 mm x 26 mm
• Series: A Presidential Agent Novel
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature