By Robert Littell
An Israeli govt minister is assassinated in the house of his mistress. Days later, Elihu, an getting older and adorned Mossad officer, leads his ultimate raid, killing a Hamas chief in his mattress and infrequently escaping together with his existence. Out of this familiarly cyclical situation emerges what's might be Robert Littell s such a lot heartfelt and suspenseful novel. The motion strikes ahead into the close to destiny, while the worldwide group, united below the management of a visionary girl president of the us, agents an enormous compromise among Israel and the Palestinian authority within the hopes of snuffing out the violent flash-point that fuels the flames of world terrorism. yet then, Isaac Apflbaum, a widely known fundamentalist Rabbi, is taken hostage by way of Dr. al-Saath, a mythical Palestinian terrorist, who calls for the discharge of numerous Palestinian prisoners in trade for his prisoner. As Israel coaxes Elihu out of retirement to seek down the terrorist who inspired his ultimate project, al-Saath and Apflbaum locate themselves development a unprecedented courting among hostage taker and hostage: parallels among those battle-hardened partisans develop into the bonds which can bring about reconciliation. yet with the Mossad strike staff ultimate in, has the vicious circle already been closed. Ferociously suspenseful and brilliantly topical, Vicious Circle is a mystery that, just like the corporation earlier than it, breaks down a complete tradition of violence into the corrupted consciences that embrace it.
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The temptation grew stronger. Instead, K-Two pressed the next button on the console. The red light went on. K-One covered the middle microphone with his right hand and spoke into the third. "Oh, " said K-One, "I'm terribly sorry. That's your cousin Ch'un. I didn't know, Kwang. " K-Two punched the last button and watched as K-One walked toward the CNN truck to make sure their feed from the press truck was secure. He shook his head. One day he'd do it. He really would. He'd wait until the esteemed sound engineer said something really embarrassing and- The world went black and K-Two slumped over his console.
He had always loved her, but KCIA policy forbid relationships among employees; it would be too easy for infiltrators to get information by placing a secretary or researcher on staff and having her court an official. She was almost worth quitting for, but that would have broken Gregory's heart. His mentor had always felt that Hwan had the mind and soul and sensitive political instincts of a KCIA man, and had spent a small fortune educating him and preparing him for that life. Even as thick as the red tape got at times, Hwan knew that Gregory was right: this was the life for him.
Hurry, " he snarled. The other man nodded as he carefully removed the brick of plastic explosive from each duffel bag. He pressed them to the underside of the console, well out of sight; when he was finished, Eyepatch removed two wires from the duffel bags and handed them over. The man inserted the end of a wire into each brick, then handed the other ends to Eyepatch. Eyepatch looked out the small one-way window at the podium. The politicians had started to move in. The traitors and patriots both were chatting amiably among themselves; no one would notice that anything was amiss.