The Devil's Light — Richard North Patterson

RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON delivers a startling and prescient thriller of international suspense infused with real-life information about an Al Qaeda nuclear plot -- and a CIA officer's race to change the fate of the world.

A brilliant Al Qaeda operative orchestrates the theft of a Pakistani nuclear bomb and readies the weapon for an attack on an unknown target, on the anniversary of 9/11 -- the ultimate act of revenge for Osama Bin Laden's death. The CIA's Brooke Chandler, sidelined by Washington skeptics, is determined to locate the bomb and derail a global catastrophe. His race against time returns him to the Middle East, a place of personal and professional heartache, where he encounters a beautiful and enigmatic archaeologist at the epicenter of terrorism. And where enemies old and new plan on stopping Chandler dead in his tracks.