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<blockquote> <b>His last novel, <i>The Small Boat of Great Sorrows</i>, was hailed as “a relentlessly crackling mystery and adventure tale” <i>The Baltimore Sun</i> and “a new standard for war-based thrillers” <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. In this electrifying new thriller, Dan Fesperman takes us to present-day Afghanistan–the global capital of death long before it became a battleground for America–where the fates of an American journalist and a Pakistani translator become dangerously intertwined with the fortunes of warlords, spies, and dubious corporate interests.</b> </blockquote>A burned-out war correspondent hoping for a last hurrah in Afghanistan, Skelly arrives on the Afghan border just as American bombs begin falling on the ruling Taliban. Seeking the scoop of a lifetime as witness to the capture of “the biggest fish of them all,” he links up with an exiled warlord’s quixotic expedition. Guiding Skelly’s way is Najeeb, a tribal Pakistani with his own objective–U.S. visas for his girlfriend and himself, promised by Pakistani intelligence if he acts as an informant.<p>A harrowing crossing into Afghanistan is only the beginning of trouble for the two men. Their journey quickly escalates into a race for their lives as they are pulled into a vortex of intrigue, betrayal, and violence. Finally, only their loyalty to each other holds out the possibility of survival for either of them.</p><p>Fast-paced, timely, and galvanizing from first to last.</p>
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The Warlord's Son, Dan Fesperman
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
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- Titel
- The Warlord's Son
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Dan Fesperman
- Verlag
- Knopf
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 319
- ISBN10
- 0375414738
- ISBN13
- 9780375414732
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Historische Romane, Krimi, Thriller, Gegenwartsliteratur, Kriege, Afghanistan, Amerikaner
- Beschreibung
- <blockquote> <b>His last novel, <i>The Small Boat of Great Sorrows</i>, was hailed as “a relentlessly crackling mystery and adventure tale” <i>The Baltimore Sun</i> and “a new standard for war-based thrillers” <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. In this electrifying new thriller, Dan Fesperman takes us to present-day Afghanistan–the global capital of death long before it became a battleground for America–where the fates of an American journalist and a Pakistani translator become dangerously intertwined with the fortunes of warlords, spies, and dubious corporate interests.</b> </blockquote>A burned-out war correspondent hoping for a last hurrah in Afghanistan, Skelly arrives on the Afghan border just as American bombs begin falling on the ruling Taliban. Seeking the scoop of a lifetime as witness to the capture of “the biggest fish of them all,” he links up with an exiled warlord’s quixotic expedition. Guiding Skelly’s way is Najeeb, a tribal Pakistani with his own objective–U.S. visas for his girlfriend and himself, promised by Pakistani intelligence if he acts as an informant.<p>A harrowing crossing into Afghanistan is only the beginning of trouble for the two men. Their journey quickly escalates into a race for their lives as they are pulled into a vortex of intrigue, betrayal, and violence. Finally, only their loyalty to each other holds out the possibility of survival for either of them.</p><p>Fast-paced, timely, and galvanizing from first to last.</p>