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Clarke delivers an edge-of-your-seat race across the planet that keeps you guessing until the very end. KYLE MILLS

An engrossing and captivating story. Richard A. Clarke's gripping and explosive novel, Pinnacle Event is based on South Africa's secret nuclear weapons program. This fascinating yet frightening account on how the apartheid regime built nuclear weapons, secretly stored and sold them was written with methodical historical accuracy. Only a professional government insider with Clarke's unique credentials would have the expertise to write such an accurate account of this secret program. DON MANN, author of Inside SEAL Team Six

A complex and well-executed plot that speculates on what happened to the nuclear weapons South Africa said it destroyed, readers won't easily see where this one's headed. Thriller lovers no longer need the USSR and the Cold War for a scary-good story--just lose track of a few A-bombs for an exciting and all-too-plausible novel. Kirkus Reviews

Clarke continues to do what so many Washington insiders who attempt to write fiction fail to do: combine real-life intelligence details with a story that offers both narrative drive and full-bodied characters. This one will please political geeks and action fans. Booklist

Insider knowledge of politics paired with amazing state-of-the-art technical details fuels this realistic nonstop action thriller, the best yet from Clarke... [Clarke] has set the standard by which all such titles in this growing subgenre will be measured. Publishers Weekly (starred boxed review) on Sting of the Drone

Well worth reading, both for its quality as a riveting tale and for the issues it exposes. Kirkus Reviews on Sting of the Drone

Sting of the Drone is a jet-fueled race through a world where the sky itself can be your worst enemy. Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Clarke does a terrific job showcasing how the drone program works and revealing something about the men and women behind the scenes who use the machines. Booklist on Sting of the Drone

On rare occasions a thriller comes along that turns out to be prophecy: Sting of the Drone is one of them. This rip-snorting thriller may be the best unclassified peek you will ever get on the new high-tech offensive in the war against terrorism. A seminal, prophetic, troubling must-read. STEPHEN COONTS

This one smacks so much of reality you'll swear it's real. Written in a deft hand, by a man who knows what he's talking about, the take-no-prisoners plot serves up a banquet of high drama, action, and adventure. A great read. STEVE BERRY on Sting of the Drone

It's rare a novel is written ahead of the headlines, but the plot of Sting of the Drone is just that book. If you've wondered what it's like to be inside the U.S. Predator drone program, your wait is over. Prepare for your hand to take hold of the joy stick, your heart to lodge firmly in your throat. Tom Clancy takes to the air. Put this book on your radar. RIDLEY PEARSON on Sting of the Drone

What Tom Clancy did for submarines, Richard A. Clarke does for drones. Fascinating and frightening, Sting of the Drone moves as fast as the new kind of warfare that it depicts, with authentic details that only someone with the author's impressive insider credentials could know. This first-rate thriller . . . a cross between a techno-thriller and a docu-thriller, ought to be required reading for anyone who wants to know the current status of the battle against terrorism. DAVID MORRELL

Sting of the Drone is a riveting page-turner that goes deep into the complex world of those who hunt with, and are hunted by, military drones. Rich with detail and informed by his expertise in national security, Richard Clarke brings this hidden world to vivid life. JEFF ABBOTT

Where Sting of the Drone stands above the rest, and what makes it important for those who have a tendency to shy away from this genre, is in its level of detail. This is riveting reading. The Washington Post

Richard A. Clarke's nail-biter suspense novel irrefutably proves that there is nothing like being America's pre-eminent counterterrorism expert to goose up your book with real terror. Vanity Fair on Breakpoint

His almost three-decade background in intelligence and counterterrorism serves him exceptionally well when he narrates a hair-raising Special Ops assault. The Washington Post on Scorpion's Gate

Chilling.... [A] harrowing -- and persuasive -- picture of the cyberthreat the United States faces today. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, on Cyber War

[Cyber War] may be the most important book about national-security policy in the last several years. Slate on Cyber War

In this chilling and eye-opening book, Clarke and Knake provide a highly detailed yet accessible look at how cyber warfare is being waged and the need to rethink our national security to face this new threat. Booklist on Cyber War

Clarke and Knake are right to sound the alarm. The Wall Street Journal on Cyber War

From the first thrilling chapter, which takes readers into the White House center of operations on September 11, through his final negative assessment of George W. Bush's post-9/11 war on terror, Clarke, the U.S.'s former terrorism czar, offers a complex and illuminating look into the successes and failures of the nation's security apparatus. Publishers Weekly on Against All Enemies

Against All Enemies is too good to be ignored.... It is a rarity among Washington-insider memoirs--it's a thumping good read. The New York Times Book Review on Against All Enemies

Bestselling author Richard A. Clarke draws upon his experience at the highest levels of national security in Pinnacle Event—the Pentagon code for a nuclear threat—a gripping international thriller told from the rare vantage point of a true Washington insider.

With a presidential election just weeks away, five simultaneous murders on three continents lead to an investigation revealing the recent black-market sale of five nuclear weapons. But who bought them? And what is their intended target?
“Clarke combine[s] real-life intelligence details with...narrative drive...will please political geeks and action fans.”—Booklist
Washington fears the attacks are timed to explode in major American cities before the election. They call on veteran intelligence expert Ray Bowman to track down the missing nukes. Now, with the help of a Mossad agent and a female South African intelligence officer, Ray follows a trail—one that takes him across the globe and back—to put a stop to the destruction. Along the way, Ray discovers that those who control the arsenal are behind a far more sinister plot than he could have imagined. . .and they will stop at nothing to achieve their means. And time is running out.
“Clarke delivers an edge-of-your-seat race across the planet that keeps you guessing until the very end.”—Kyle Mills, New York Times bestselling author