01794cam a2200337 i 4500 211825570 TxAuBib 20150407120000.0 140724s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476717128 hbk. 1476717125 hbk. 9781476717142 ebk. 1476717141 ebk. (OCoLC)880597465 TxAuBib rda Thor, Brad. Act of war : a thriller / Brad Thor. First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2014. 358 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There's just one problem--no one knows if she can be trusted. But when six exchange students go missing, two airplane passengers trade places, and one political-asylum seeker is arrested, a deadly chain of events is set in motion. With the United States facing an imminent and devastating attack, America's new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the country's history. Code-named "Gold Dust" and "Blackbird," they are shrouded in absolute secrecy as either of them, if discovered, will constitute an act of war" -- from publisher's web site. 20150407. Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character) Fiction. Intelligence officers Fiction. Terrorism Prevention Fiction. Suspense fiction. TXMTH