The apostle

By Brad Thor

Subjects: Scot Harvath (Fictitious character), Fiction, espionage, Intelligence officers, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, suspense, Terrorists, fiction, Kidnapping, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Qaida (Organization), Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Terrorists, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2009-07-19, Afghanistan, fiction

Description: When American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action: send covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom--al-Qaeda mastermind, Mustafa Khan.