The Prophet's Lightning Horse — Robert M. Johnson

“Agent Joe Maki noted the code words that were being used to describe the Prophet's Horse, now called the Prophet's Lightning Horse. ‘We are going on the assumption that this means the tanker coming peacefully into the port of Boston like a Trojan Horse, seeming to be something innocuous, but inside it is a lethal power to deliver mayhem and murder on us, the infidel' .” (p.93)
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 has come and gone, but terror simmers in a sleeper cell that is coming awake in Boston, MA. Equipped with rocket launchers and plastic explosives, these fanatics mean business. They are about to find out that Federal Agent Joe Maki and his team at the Boston Counter-Terrorism Unit are ready as well.
“Terrorism intends to be a different kind of warfare, using civilian targets to force large numbers of people to rise up against what the terrorist perceives to be tyranny. Its roots go back to the Muslim Assassins of the tenth century and a man called Hasan i Sabbah. He literally invented what is today called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a disruptive inner force triggered inside someone by a personally fearful event that occurs outside. “ (p.8)
The fast-moving action of this novel explores the undercurrents of rage that continue to fuel the opposition between Muslims and the West. Turning deceit and destruction into a fanatical quest against the Western Infidel makes this story come alive with a dark passion.