In sight of the White House...
At a place known as...
HELL'S CORNER.
Oliver Stone - once the country's most skilled assassin - stands in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he's fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes.
Then Stone's mission changes drastically before it even begins. It's the night of a state dinner honouring the British prime minister. As he watches the prime minister's motorcade leave the White House, a bomb is detonated in an apparent terrorist attack against both leaders. It's in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new, more urgent assignment: to find those responsible for the bombing.
British MI6 agent Mary Chapman becomes Stone's partner in the search for the unknown attackers. But their opponents are elusive, capable, and increasingly lethal. Worst of all, it seems that the park bombing may just have been the opening salvo in their plan. With nowhere else to turn, Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet that may be a big mistake.
In the shadowy worlds of politics and intelligence, there is no one you can really trust. Nothing is really what it seems to be. And Hell's Corner truly lives up to its name.
This may be Oliver Stone's and the Camel Club's last stand.
Or you can watch Baldacci telling you what it is about on video:
About the author: David Baldacci is the internationally acclaimed author of 19 bestselling novels. With his books published in at least 45 different languages, and with over 100 million copies in print, he is one of the world's favourite storytellers. His family foundation, the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit organization, works to eliminate illiteracy across America. Still a resident of his native Virginia, he invites you to visit his website and his foundation, and to look into its programme to spread books across America at www.FeedingBodyandMind.com.
My brief thoughts: Hell's Corner is the fifth and latest book in the Camel Club series released on 9 November 2010 in the USA and 31 December 2010 in the UK. This is an author who knows a good yarn and not only that, knows how to tell it and write it. High entertainment value and highly recommended indeed. Will be checking out the rest of the Camel Club series.
Rating: 4/5
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