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Title details for Secret Justice by James W. Huston - Available

Secret Justice

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by James W. Huston
Christopher Lane
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In the dead of night, Lieutenant Kent "Rat" Rathman and his secret Special Forces counterterrorism team parachute into the Sudanese desert, where an arms merchant is delivering weapons to Wahamad Duar, the world's most wanted terrorist. Eventually Duar is captured. But an enemy within Rat's own government sells him out—a cold-blooded act of betrayal that could lead to horrifying destruction for the United States, for Duar's organization is planning a major strike. Before he can save his country, Rat must defend himself against political forces determined to shut him down.

James W. Huston takes the hottest issue of our time, terrorism, and explores it with a compelling, stay-up-late thriller filled with high-stakes courtroom drama, white-knuckle flying, and the shadowy world of American Special Forces operations.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Kent "Rat" Rathman

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 1, 2003

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781483055565
      • File size: 366105 KB
      • Duration: 12:42:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Counterterrorism specialist, Navy SEAL, and CIA/Special Forces leader Lt. Ken Ratham captures Wahamad Duar, the world's most wanted terrorist, in the Sudanese desert. Charged with a long list of terrorist crimes, Duar is brought to a U.S. ship for a tribunal trial. Meanwhile, Ratham is brought up on charges that he tortured one of Duar's men to death. Reader Christopher Lane energetically gives life to this action-packed plot. A variety of accents comfortably identifies the foreign characters, while changes in pace, diction, and style create unique vocal identities for key U.S. players. The effort is topped off with excellent engineering and production. T.J.M. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 5, 2003
      Malefactors seeking fresh ideas for wreaking havoc or simply wanting to get information on advanced weaponry would find this jet-fueled tale from veteran Huston (Balance of Power, etc.) cataloguing the best of both. Lt. Kent "Rat" Rathman, legendary SEAL and the finest Special Forces warrior in America, must capture feared terrorist Wahamed Duar, "perhaps the most hated man in the world." Rat runs the deadly Duar to ground, but in the process has to torture one of Duar's gang in Sudan to flush the head terrorist from a secret hiding place. The torture victim later dies, thus bringing the book to its central question: is the use of torture ever justified? Back in the U.S., Rat is arrested for breaking one of the laws of the Geneva Convention and put on trial, just as Duar is captured and brought before a U.S. military tribunal. Tough guy Rat handles all of these legal distractions and still has time for romance with his girlfriend, navy doctor Andrea Ash, who last appeared in Huston's The Shadows of Power. The action crests in a ferocious battle aboard a hijacked natural gas tanker loaded with nuclear material and headed at top speed into the Chesapeake Bay. The plot is ripped from the pages of tomorrow's newspapers, the military action is authentic, the legal scenes believable and the political lectures easily ignored. Action adventure readers who like a little John Grisham tossed into the mix will lock and load on this one. (May 27)Forecast:Continued war interest, particularly in the Special Forces area, will push this book onto bestseller lists, like Huston's previous Rat Rathman novels.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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