TABLE OF CONTENTS There is a plot under way to attack American interests. A decade-old grudge against the West comes to fruition as a child follows the path of the father s hatred for America and vows to avenge a brother. The American dream is in danger and can be saved only through the diligence and imagination of one man. An American agent suspects a plot but needs to prove it in order to draw attention to the danger. But how are the terrorists communicating? He needs to break the code to stop the plot that could kill thousands of innocent people.
It was unbearably hot outside. The summers in Ramadi, Iraq, seemed to get hotter and hotter with each passing year, and this year, in his city, it was no exception as the mercury pegged out at 42 degrees Celsius. Sweat trickled down his back as he navigated through the dirty side streets of the city the winding avenues coated with dust and poverty. After turning a final corner, he adjusted the Kufi against his hot, damp head and ducked into a public coffee shop. Choosing a table next to the front window, he set the envelope he was carrying next to a public computer terminal. It wasn t long before a waiter approached his table once he was seated.
Ahlan wah sahlan. What would you like? asked the waiter.
The young man ordered dark coffee, fresh honey bread called khubs, a hookah with apple tobacco, and some Syrian charcoal. The...
