John Weisman – författare

In this compulsive page-turner, six-time New York Times bestselling author John Weisman blows the lid off one of Washington''s deepest real-world secrets. The CIA, currently incapable of performing its core mission of supplying critical and time-sensitive human-based intelligence for the global war on terror, must now outsource the work to private contractors. Drawing on real-world crises and actual CIA operations, Direct Action takes readers deep inside this new and unreported covert warfare that is being fought on a daily basis by anonymous shadow warriors all across the globe.

Racing against the clock and shuttling between Washington, Paris, and the Middle East, one of those shadow warriors, former CIA case officer Tom Stafford, must slip below the radar to uncover, target, and neutralize a deadly al-Qa''ida bombmaker before the assassin can launch simultaneous multiple attacks against America and the West. And as if that weren''t enough, Stafford must simultaneously open a second front and mount a clandestine war against the CIA itself, because for mysterious and seemingly inexplicable reasons the people at the very top of the Central Intelligence Agency want him to fail.

The characters and operations in Direct Action are drawn from true-life CIA personnel and their real-world missions. With Direct Action, John Weisman confirms once again Joseph Wambaugh''s claim that "nobody writes better about the dark and dirty world of the CIA and black ops."

A US Black Ops team races to China to rescue captured agents and disarm a nuke is this action-packed thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author.

“Weisman’s vigorous book makes a Tom Clancy novel read like something that wouldn’t make it through basic training.” —All Things Considered, NPR

“Nobody writes better about the dark, dirty, and dangerous world of the CIA and Black Ops. . . . The pace never slows.” —Joseph Wambaugh

On the eve of a groundbreaking U.S.–China summit, a covert CIA black ops team assigned to bug a Chinese nuclear test site is captured by Islamic terrorists. An explosive situation goes from bad to catastrophic when the terrorists ambush a Chinese army convoy, highjack a highly unstable nuclear device . . . and arm it. 

On orders from the President, Major Michael Ritzik, the young CO of a top-secret element of the Army’s elite Delta Force, must lead his men on an impossible rescue/disarmament mission—even as Beijing dispatches its own special forces to deal with the impending threat. Ritzik and his shadow warriors will need to employ speed, surprise, and violence of action to beat the Chinese to the target, free the captives, disarm the nuke, and escape without leaving any fingerprints. Failure is not an option—because the unthinkable has suddenly become a very real possibility.

“Soar reads like a heat-seeking missile. . . . If this isn’t the real thing, I don’t know what is!” —Patrick Robinson, author of U.S.S. Seawolf and Barracuda 945

“[A] gritty adventure. . . . Weisman . . . imbues every stage of the operation with appropriate complexity and suspense. His clear, precise prose should make the story riveting for both fans and newcomers.” —Publishers Weekly

“A knowledgeable, fast-paced, near-future thriller. . . . Weisman draws on his own and many others’ covert intelligence and special operations experience to craft a convincing scenario and a great many gripping scenes and believable characters. A definite treat for thriller fans.” —Booklist

From a bestselling author with intimate knowledge of CIA tradecraft comes an electrifying novel of terrifying possibilities –– a story of betrayal and secrets that could implode America''s war on terrorism ... and a nightmarish conspiracy firmly rooted in the very highest levels of our nation''s government.

“Weisman is perhaps wired more tightly into the reclusive special operations community than any other writer, and his knowledge of weaponry and field techniques is staggering.”—Washington Times

“A pro who knows his stuff.”—Oliver North

John Weisman, whose expertise in the field of covert military operations is unsurpassed, delivers a stunning fictional account of the most extraordinary mission of the century: the hunting down and assassination of Osama Bin Laden, the most reviled killer of the twenty-first century, by US Navy SEALs. With KBL: Kill Bin Laden the critically acclaimed author of SOAR and Jack in the Box goes behind the headlines, carrying readers along on a breakneck, breathtakingly realistic chase—from planning to training to execution—as the evil mastermind behind the horror of 9/11 is finally brought to justice.

“Weisman is perhaps wired more tightly into the reclusive special operations community than any other writer, and his knowledge of weaponry and field techniques is staggering.”—Washington Times

“A pro who knows his stuff.”—Oliver North

John Weisman, whose expertise in the field of covert military operations is unsurpassed, delivers a stunning fictional account of the most extraordinary mission of the century: the hunting down and assassination of Osama Bin Laden, the most reviled killer of the twenty-first century, by US Navy SEALs. With KBL: KillBin Laden the critically acclaimed author of SOAR and Jack in the Box goes behind the headlines, carrying readers along on a breakneck, breathtakingly realistic chase—from planning to training to execution—as the evil mastermind behind the horror of 9/11 is finally brought to justice.