The Janus Effect

PEACE AND WAR, FRIEND AND FOE, LIFE AND DEATH… A PERILOUS JOURNEY HOME!

Fahimah Banaz has been wrongly held in a CIA “black site” for over five years. Now, as cases of unexplained deaths—marked by rapid decomposition—are cropping up across the U.S., Homeland Security is willing to bend any rule to find the source of the deadly infection, even if it means resurrecting a "dead" Iraqi biochemist. Fahimah’s sister risked her life trying to destroy the super-microbe that causes the flesh-eating disease. Fahimah tried, too, but landed in prison. 

Austyn Newman was sent to gain the cooperation of the scientist. Arriving in Afghanistan, he recognizes that the CIA has been holding the wrong sister all these years. They need her, but how will he gain her trust? 

With time running out, Austyn must help Fahimah find her way through war-ravaged Iraq and Kurdistan…for the answer lies at the end of her journey home.

Winner: Connecticut Press Club — Best Book of the Year: Adult Fiction

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If you enjoy the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy, you’ll want to try this exciting suspense novel. This heart stopping, action-packed thriller will provide frayed nerves for fans of Barbara Freethy, Laura Griffin, Karen Rose, D.V. Berkom, Kristi Belcamino, Dan Alatorre, Ethan Jones, Janey Crouch, Megan Mitcham, Willow Rose, JD Robb, Karen Robards, Michael Connelly, Susan Stoker, Heather Graham, Sharon Sala, Ann Rule, Jennifer Ruff, L.T. Ryan, Jason Kasper, Marc Cameron, Saul Herzog, Auston King, Brad Thor, Ken Fite.

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