[a novel] Lowry, Rich. creator Korman, Keith. text Spy stories. Political fiction. nyu New York Vanguard Press 2009 monographic eng

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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. Rich Lowry & Keith Korman. aw----- n-us--- United States Politics and government Fiction Middle East Politics and government fiction 9781593155087 (alk. paper) 1593155085 (alk. paper) 2008040420 DLC 090723 20190501164307.0 246894642