Action-packed, well-woven reading . . . will leave readers wondering how safe they are in the post-9/11 era, and how much their government is really telling them. -Foreword /Clarion Review The author delivers a . . . stirring thriller that relies on political maneuvering . . . just as much as action. -KIRKUS REVIEWS Scheming politicians, spies, terrorists, and clandestine power brokers converge in . . . Requiem for the Phoenix. -Blueink Review Two years have passed since the Phoenix operation al Qaida s secret attack on the American Heartland with a biological weapon of mass destruction. Since then, al Qaida has undergone an unexpected reversal. They broadcast a series of strange messages, offering with one hand an olive branch of peace to end terrorism and help support the U.S. president s worldwide democratic reforms. In al Qaida s other hand, however, is their secret plot to launch the second phase of the Phoenix operation a series of attacks comprising their most devastating wave of terror since 9/11. As the suspense-filled plot unfolds across three continents, al Qaida stops at nothing to make America and the free world yield to their fanatical domination."