{"product_id":"9781626810839","title":"Fire of the Prophet","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the world of espionage and terrorism, nothing is ever quite what you expect.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's always worse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBeck Casey\u003c\/b\u003e, the college-professor-turned-spy protagonist of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eFinal Epidemic\u003c\/i\u003e , returns, now to confront the very real nightmare that that haunts every national security expert today: Nuclear terrorism in the American homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining him in \u003ci\u003eFire Of The Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e is a cast of faces both new and familiar:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Connor\u003c\/b\u003e, a rising star at the FBI's Counter-Terror Division; a natural leader despite his youth, he's tasked to lead a desperate hunt for an elusive \"blue-eyed terrorist.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatie Casey\u003c\/b\u003e, Beck's daughter and an ambitious D.C. lawyer; she is fiercely loyal, romantically —and unexpectedly— linked with Connor... and trapped both in a doomed city and in a hackles-raising relationship between father and lover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eFatíma Huntsman\u003c\/b\u003e, the daughter of a Palestinian activist and an American woman, now radicalized as a terrorist and armed with a nuclear device in a mission against her fellow American citizens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eDennis Littrell\u003c\/b\u003e, a self-described \"overly seasoned\" veteran news journalist, looking for professional redemption through one last story— a story that might save his nation and the world from a devastating global conflict... or could plunge it irrevocably into one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn suspense-filled progression, \u003ci\u003eFire Of The Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e builds from an opening set along the U.S.-Mexican border through the battlefields of the Middle East, and ultimately takes the reader to a looming Armageddon... in the capital of the United States.\u003cp\u003e\"Hits you like a freight train, then drags you along for the ride. Earl Merkel's latest is a master's degree in terrific writing, strong characters, and just plain excitement. Don't you dare miss it.\" —National bestselling author Shane Gericke, \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Earl Merkel's new thriller, Fire Of The Prophet, is a frightening and extremely well-crafted narrative of today's domestic-terror nightmare, from the specter of the 'blue-eyed terrorist' to the dark international conspiracies aimed at the heart of America in our world today...\" —Bob Hamer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Undercover\u003c\/i\u003e and former FBI undercover agent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversion Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038119739632,"sku":"9781626810839","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626810839_p0.jpg?v=1763864878","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626810839","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}