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Overview
When the headstrong daughter of a U.S. senator disappears in a war ravaged country torn between east and west, only a disillusioned American officer possesses the connections and expertise to track her down—while a startling range of enemies don't want the girl to survive. Up against Islamic extremists, unscrupulous oil executives, rogue Russians, and treacherous European "allies," Lieutenant Colonel Evan Burton undertakes a last, deadly mission—faced with a coup in the streets, opium smugglers in mountain fortresses, and even elements within the U.S. government determined to stop him. A Casablanca for the post-Cold War world, The Devil's Garden is a beautifully written, can't-put-it-down thriller grounded in the gritty reality of current events.Author Biography: Ralph Peters is a bestselling novelist, an acclaimed strategist, and a commentator, author of Beyond Terror (0811700240) and Beyond Baghdad (0811700844) and published in dozens of newspapers and journals, including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and Newsweek. A former career officer, he also writes prizewinning historical fiction under the pen name Owen Parry. His other novels include Flames of Heaven (0811726843) and Twilight of Heroes (0811726908).
Editorials
Library Journal
An American aid worker is kidnapped from a refugee camp in Azerbaijan. Since she is a senator's daughter, many forces with different agendas converge. Lt. Col. Evan Burton, assigned to the embassy in Baku, starts searching for the girl and discovers that there is more at stake than his, or her, life. Among the more enchanting characters are an Azeri general who betrays everyone but his own conscience, a warlord and heroin producer, a beautiful German spy, an honorable American ambassador, and the most revolting collection of Big Oil and diplomatic elite scum ever assembled. In the end, the kidnapping is trivial compared with a billion dollars of oil, but Burton has principles. Peters, a U.S. Army officer and author of seven geopolitical thrillers e.g., Flames of Heaven, LJ 4/1/93 has an eye for the grubby realities of life in the Third World, and his portraits of desperate men pushed by events beyond their cognizance are more convincing than one finds in most thrillers. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/15/97.]Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, Kan.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1999
Publisher
Avon Books (Mm)
Pages
368
Format
Paperbound
ISBN
9780380789009