01772nam a2200301u 4500 246894642 OCoLC 20190501164307.0 ta 090723s2009 nyu 000 1 eng 2008040420 9781593155087 (alk. paper) 25.95 1593155085 (alk. paper) 17239874 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP JRG aw----- n-us--- Lowry, Rich. Banquo's ghosts : [a novel] Rich Lowry & Keith Korman. New York : Vanguard Press, 2009. 344 p. ; 25 cm. Spymaster Stewart Banquo recruits Peter Johnson, a dissolute liberal news journalist, to travel to Iran. Johnson poses as a sympathetic reporter writing a piece on the countrys nuclear facilities, while attempting to kill the scientist who is developing nuclear weapons there. The assassination attempt fails and he falls into Iranian hands. He is tortured to confess, creating a security crisis for the U.S. Johnson escapes, aided by CIA operatives who trained him. Now back in the United States, Johnson helps Banquo and his CIA cohorts lead a team of federal agents and New York City officials in tracking down a group of suspected Iranian terrorists in New York who are planning to disperse a highly radioactive material throughout the city streets and subways. When Johnsons only daughter is kidnapped by the Iranians, he and Banquo must race against time to save her...and the City of New York. United States Politics and government Fiction. Middle East Politics and government fiction. Spy stories. gsafd. Political fiction. gsafd. Korman, Keith. 2 1756 1756 0 0 ABELJ abelj AF 2016-10-25 0 LOWR 7031 2016-10-25 25.95 2016-10-25 BOOK