Sting of the Drone A Novel

by Clarke, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9781250067685
• ISBN10: 1250067685
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-05-05
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Summary

Bestselling author Richard A. Clarke draws on his experience as National Coordinator for Security and Counter-Terrorism to craft a true-to-life thriller about the men and women who protect America against all enemies. . .at every imaginable cost.

"What Tom Clancy did for submarines, Richard A. Clarke does for drones."-David Morrell

In Washington, D.C., the Kill Committee gathers in the White House's Situation Room to pick the next targets for the United States drone program. At an airbase just outside Las Vegas, a team of pilots, military personnel, and intelligence officers follow through on the committee's orders, finding the men who have been deemed a threat to national security and sentenced to death.

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

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world-in the mountains where the drones hunt their prey-someone has decided to fight back. And not just against the unmanned planes that circle their skies, but against the Americans at home who control them. . .

"Insider knowledge of politics paired with amazing state-of-the-art technical details fuel this realistic nonstop action thriller."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author Biography

Richard A. Clarke served for thirty years in the United States Government, including an unprecedented ten continuous years as a White House official, assisting three consecutive presidents. In the White House he was Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace, and National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism. Prior to his White House years, he served as a diplomat, including as Assistant Secretary of State, and held other positions in the State Department and the Pentagon.

Since leaving government in 2003, Mr. Clarke has served as an on-air consultant for ABC News for ten years, taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for five years, managed a consulting firm, chaired the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute, and written six books, both fiction and nonfiction, including the national number-one bestseller Against All Enemies and Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It.

　

Learn more at www.RichardAClarke.net.