Book : W. E. B. Griffin Rogue Asset By Andrews & Wilson (a..

-Titulo Original : W. E. B. Griffin Rogue Asset By Andrews & Wilson (a Presidential Agent Novel)

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G.P. Putnams Sons

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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. Griffins 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. Its 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 cant hope to win against an army of terrorists...good thing there are two of them. Review “Theres red-hot action from the get-go in the ninth novel in the late W.E.B. Griffins newly revived Presidential Agent series. . . A kick-ass thriller from start to finish.”-Kirkus Reviews “Fans of bestseller W.E.B. Griffin [will] welcome the return of Griffins hero C.G. “Charley” Castillo [in] the capable ninth Presidential Agent novel. . . Andrews and Wilson supply plenty of credible action in the Griffin mold, while the mentoring subplot provides extra interest. Readers will look forward to how the succession angle is handled in the sequel.”-Publishers Weekly About the Author W. E. B. Griffin was the author of seven bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, Presidential Agent, and Clandestine Operations. He passed away in February 2019.Brian Andrews is a U.S. Navy veteran, Park Leadership Fellow, and former submarine officer with a psychology degree from Vanderbilt and a masters in business from Cornell University. Jeffrey Wilson has worked as an actor, firefighter, paramedic, jet pilot, and diving instructor, as well as a vascular and trauma surgeon. He served in the U.S. Navy for fourteen years and made multiple deployments as a combat surgeon with an East Coast-based SEAL Team. He and his wife, Wendy, live in Southwest Florida with their four children. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CHAPTER ONEMarriott Mena House HotelGizaCairo, EgyptMarch 15, 10:11 p.m.You Americans and your conspiracy theories, the Egyptian ambassador to the United States said through a laugh. I dont know how these crazy rumors get started, but I can assure you extraterrestrials were definitely not involved. Ingenuity and manpower-thats 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