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Homeland: Carries Run
By (Author) Andrew Kaplan
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
3rd September 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Political / legal thriller
Espionage and spy thriller
Narrative theme: Politics
813.54
Paperback
368
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
270g
An edge-of-your-seat original prequel novel based on Showtimes hit series, HOMELAND, the best thriller on American television New York Post
Beirut, 2006. CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison barely escapes an ambush while attempting a clandestine meeting with a new contact code-named Nightingale. Suspicious that security has been compromised, she challenges the station chief in a heated confrontation that gets her booted back to Langley.
Expert in recognizing and anticipating behavioral patternsa skill enhanced by the bipolar disorder she keeps secret to protect her careerCarrie is increasingly certain that a terrorist plot has been set in motion. Carrie risks a shocking act of insubordination that helps her uncover secret evidence connecting Nightingale with Abu Nazir, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Determined to stop the terrorist mastermind, she embarks on an obsessive quest that will nearly destroy her.
Filled with the suspense and plot twists that have made Homeland a must-watch series, this riveting tale reveals the compelling untold backstories of the series main characters and takes fans deeper into the life and mind of one brilliant woman spy.
Praise for HOMELAND Series 1:
Thrilling, clever, beautifully-made television *****
The Telegraph
The big new US TV drama you won't want to miss
The Guardian
Andrew Kaplan is a former journalist and war correspondent. He is the author of the spy thrillers Scorpion Betrayal, Scorpion Winter, and Scorpion Deception, along with his earlier bestselling novels, Hour of the Assassins, Scorpion, Dragonfire, and War of the Raven, and, most recently, the groundbreaking official series tie-in: Homeland: Carrie's Run. This is his second Homeland novel.