The Shadow Patrol

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Penguin Publishing Group, Jan 29, 2013 - Fiction - 496 pages
John Wells returns to Afghanistan—the country where his career began—in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Berenson.

In late 2009, CIA officers in Afghanistan’s Kabul station allowed a Jordanian doctor into their closest confidence. In truth, the doctor was an al-Qaeda double agent—and when he blew himself up, the station’s most senior officers died with him.
 
Years later, the station still hasn’t recovered. Recruiting has dried up and the agency’s best Afghani sources are being eliminated. At Langley, the CIA’s chiefs begin to suspect the worst: somehow, the Taliban has infiltrated the station.
 
When they ask John Wells to investigate, he reluctantly agrees. One thing is certain: Americans are dying, and an American is responsible. Wells is the only one who can unearth the truth—if it doesn’t bury him first...
 
 

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
50
Section 3
68
Section 4
80
Section 5
96
Section 6
124
Section 7
144
Section 8
167
Section 17
294
Section 18
312
Section 19
324
Section 20
334
Section 21
347
Section 22
354
Section 23
371
Section 24
381

Section 9
185
Section 10
202
Section 11
213
Section 12
222
Section 13
235
Section 14
250
Section 15
260
Section 16
269
Section 25
397
Section 26
419
Section 27
427
Section 28
433
Section 29
437
Section 30
449
Section 31
469
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Alex Berenson was born on January 6, 1973. He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics. After college, he became a reporter for the Denver Post. In 1996, he became one of the first employees at TheStreet.com, the financial news website. In 1999, he became a reporter for The New York Times. While there he covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He left the Times in 2010 to concentrate on writing fiction, but he occasionally contributes to the newspaper. His first book, The Faithful Spy, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His other works include The John Wells series and the nonfiction books The Number and The Prisoner.

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