July 2009 Debut of the Month.
Exhilarating Action, clever plotting and a bunch of real characters make this debut simply sensational. It’s a brave author makes an autistic savant the hero of a an action adventure novel but Richard Aaron, whose son is autistic, does and turns what can be a hackneyed genre on its head. Then mix in Drug barons, international terrorists and some blinding brilliant technology and you have a book that could make Richard Aaron the new Clive Cussler or Robert Ludlum. We have heard there are two more in the pipeline and we can’t wait!
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A terrorist threat is looming; an attack that would dwarf any other. This time, the government knows it's coming, but doesn't know where… or how.
From a stunning new voice in international intrigue comes a dramatic story of high-stakes missions, treachery, honor, an unlikely hero, and the ultimate terrorist attack…
Six hundred sixty tons of Semtex is detonated in a massive explosion in Libya – the last of a deadly stockpile. The operation seems to have gone smoothly, but within minutes of the explosion, CIA agent Richard Lawrence discovers that one shipment of the explosive was hijacked en route to the destruction point. Days later, a glory-seeking “Emir” broadcasts to the world that he is planning a massive terrorist strike against a major U.S. landmark. And he gives a timeline of one month.
Now a desperate chase covers four continents, as the men bent on attacking the United States use every weapon at their disposal to evade the American authorities. Time and again they prove willing to destroy anything – and anyone – standing in their way. But Hamilton Turbee, an autistic computer mastermind at the secretive and newly created TTIC agency, discovers a way to follow their tracks. His flawed genius gives the nation its only chance at stopping the attack… if the American leadership will listen. As the enemies near their destination, and an attack becomes imminent, it is up to the TTIC team, still without a true leader, to stop the massive explosion that could destroy the lives of millions.
As the world watches in horror, the President asks TTIC two questions…
Where will the attack be?
And can it be stopped…
Gauntlet features in the following genres: Action Adventure, Debut Books of the Month, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction, Recommendations
Gauntlet is available in Hardback
Gauntlet was written by Richard Aaron and published by Glass House Press
