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John Wells novels volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
John Wells is the only American CIA agent ever to penetrate al Qaeda. Since before the attacks in 2001, Wells has been hiding in the mountains of Pakistan, biding his time, building his cover. During his time in the mountains he has became a Muslim and finds the U.S. decadent and shallow. With another al Qaeda plot looming, he returns to the U.S. but his superiors are unsure of his loyalities and freeze him out.
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John Wells novels volume 4
Language
English
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CIA agent John Wells retreats to rural New Hampshire in his compelling fourth outing. He hikes and thinks, accompanied only by his dog, Tonka, but soon enough, John hears from Ellis Shafer, his sort-of boss at the agency, who calls him back to Washington, D.C., for a new assignment. An unknown assassin is targeting members of Task Force 673, a now-disbanded secret unit whose job was interrogating terrorists, in particular high-value detainees, by...
3) The prisoner
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"To unmask a CIA mole, John Wells must resume his old undercover identity as an al Qaeda jihadi--and hope he can survive it. It is the most dangerous mission of John Wells's career. Evidence is mounting that someone high up in the CIA is doing the unthinkable--passing messages to ISIS, alerting them to planned operations. Finding out the mole's identity without alerting him, however, will be very hard, and to accomplish it, Wells will have to do...
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Series
John Wells novels volume 10
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
John Wells has just barely managed to stop an operation designed to drive the United States and Iran into war, but the instigator himself disappeared behind an impenetrable war of security. Now its time for him to pay, and Wells has made it his personal mission. There are plenty of crosscurrents at work, though. The White House doesnt want anybody stirring the pot; his old CIA bosses have their own agendas; other countries are starting to sniff around,...
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 10
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
John Wells has just barely managed to stop an operation designed to drive the United States and Iran into war, but the instigator himself disappeared behind an impenetrable war of security. Now it's time for him to pay, and Wells has made it his personal mission.
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English
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Four friends, recent college graduates, travel to Kenya to work at a refugee camp for Somalis. After twelve weeks, they're ready for a break and pile into a Land Cruiser for an adventure. Bandits hijack them and take them as hostages. John Wells is asked to try to find them, but he does so reluctantly. When he arrives in East Africa, he finds that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined. The White House is edging closer...
7) Twelve days
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John Wells novels volume 9
Language
English
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Twelve days. Wells, with his former CIA bosses Ellis Shafer and Vinny Duto, has uncovered a staggering plot, a false-flag operation to convince the President to attack Iran. But they have no hard evidence, and no one at Langley or the White House will listen. Now the President has set a deadline for Iran to give up its nuclear program, and the mullahs in Tehran-furious and frightened-have responded with a deadly terrorist attack. Wells, Shafer, and...
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John Wells novels volume 8
Language
English
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"A suspense novel featuring former CIA agent John Wells, by the author of THE SHADOW PATROL and THE NIGHT RANGER"--
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Series
John Wells novels volume 5
Language
English
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Entreated by the aging king of Saudi Arabia to infiltrate dark factions that are plotting against the monarchy, ex-CIA agent John Wells goes undercover only to learn of a massive conspiracy to trigger an ultimate confrontation between America and Islam.
10) The silent man
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John Wells novels volume 3
Language
English
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Stealing warheads from the heart of Russia's nuclear complex isn't easy. It requires money, coordination, ingenuity, sleight-of-hand, and just a touch of luck. But if you're determined enough, if you're willing to die and to kill, to get inside, anything is possible. CIA agent John Wells thought he'd reached his limits when he nearly died while stopping a plot that could have drawn the United States and China into war. Wells is exhausted and his nights...
11) The ghost war
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 2
Language
English
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CIA agent John Wells returns to Washington. His wounds have healed, but his mind is far from clear. He is restless, careless with his safety, uneasy in his skin. When the CIA finds evidence of a surge in Taliban activity backed by an unknown foreign power, it takes little to convince Wells to return to Afghanistan to investigate. But what he finds there is far from what he expected.
12) The deceivers
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 12
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It was supposed to be a terrorist sting. The guns were supposed to be disabled. Then why was there so much blood? The target was the American Airlines Center, the home of the Dallas Mavericks. The FBI had told Ahmed Shakir that his drug bust would go away if he helped them, and they'd supply all the weaponry, carefully removing the firing pins before the main event. It never occurred to Ahmed to doubt them, until it was too late. When John Wells...
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
John Wells may have left the CIA, but it hasn't left him. A mysterious call brings a meeting with the aged monarch of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah. "Powerful factions are plotting against me, and my own family is in danger," he tells Wells. "I don't know who I can trust, but I'm told I can trust you." With the secret blessing of the CIA, Wells goes undercover; but the more he learns the more complicated things become. One thing is clear: If the conspirators...
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 12
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Russians don't just want to influence American elections--they want it all. Former CIA agent John Wells confronts a plot of astonishing audacity as New York Times-bestselling author Alex Berenson goes beyond today's headlines to tomorrow's all-too-real threats. It was supposed to be a terrorist sting. The guns were supposed to be disabled. Then why was there so much blood? The target was the American Airlines Center, the home of the Dallas Mavericks....
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In late 2009, the CIA officers in Afghanistan's Kabul state fell for a Jordanian doctor who promised to lead them to the highest ranks of al-Qaeda. In truth, the doctor was a double agent, and when he blew himself up, the station's most senior officers died with him. More than two years later, the station still hasn't recovered. At Langley, the CIA's chief wonders if somehow the Taliban has infiltrated the station. When they ask John Wells to investigate,...
16) The wolves
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 10
Language
English
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John Wells has just barely managed to stop an operation designed to drive the United States and Iran into war, but the instigator himself disappeared behind an impenetrable wall of security. Now it's time for him to pay, and Wells has made it his personal mission.
17) The power couple
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English
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"Rebecca and Brian Unsworth appear to have it all. A nice house in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Two well-behaved, healthy teenage children. Important government jobs - Rebecca working in counterterrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brian serving as a coder for the National Security Agency. Their lives stand to improve even more as Brian, in his off-hours, has just developed and sold a highly profitable app.However, the Unsworths' marriage...