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Joshua's Hammer by David Hagberg





Joshua's Hammer
by David Hagberg
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC; June 2001

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The 13th volume in David Hagberg’s thriller series featuring Kirk McGarvey, CIA deputy director of operations, Joshua’s Hammer focuses on the threat of nuclear terrorism with a plot and characters that were strangely prophetic. In the work, Hagberg pits McGarvey up against Osama bin Laden and his followers. Bin Laden and company have assassinated of a CIA field agent and his family during a Disney World vacation. In addition, bin Laden has bought a Russian nuclear device. When an attack on bin Laden's headquarters results in the death of his teenage daughter, the terrorist vows to take his revenge by killing the president's daughter.

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Links for this book:
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Also by this author:
Eden's Gate; Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC; June 2002

Assassin;
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC; August 1997

Critical Mass;
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC; June 1993

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