Washington DC

After the 9/11 attacks, the need for intelligence activities ran up against the extreme shortages of skilled personnel created by the end of the Cold War.

Join 27-year intelligence and combat veteran of the counterterrorism war, Malcolm Nance, the author of An End to Al Qaeda, as he lays out a comprehensive plan that would defeat al-Qaeda in less than twenty-four months without a single violent military action. His proposals include waging a war against the fear al-Qaeda has stoked, drastically reducing heavy military operations that kill civilians in the process, and relying more heavily on counterintelligence to root out terrorist groups.

“When she turned around, she found herself staring into the barrel of a gun—the lipstick gun. The face behind the gun was featureless—a dark shadow.”—Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop

James Bond’s every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school...and his country. Forced to flee from Eton to Austria, James must leave behind everything he knows, with only a beautiful—and dangerous—girl by his side. Soon he is trapped in a deadly war of secrets and lies, as a nightmare reunion with a bitter enemy throws him once more into the path of death.