Thoughts from Adrienne. . .staying Sane at an Insane Time

Rosenberg, Adrienne J.

Mystic Pub

<p>“Peak Oil” is currently one of the hottest topics among world political and economic pundits and analysts. The peaking of the world’s oil supplies and the desire of Muslim terrorist organizations to inflict a mortal wound on the West by attacking the softest targets and most prolific oil facilities in Saudi Arabia is the theme of Black October. The novel weaves together the convoluted strands of an American expatriate family working in the Arab country, a terrorist cadre on a mission to acquire nuclear weapons for the long-planned attack, and CIA operatives and special forces risking their lives to protect U.S. interests.Lionel Hunt, a con man and former manager on Saudi oil facilities, discovers he can acquire quick wealth by selling whisky to Saudi Royal family members. His wife Terri, has accompanied him to Arabia, a country where he twice fled to, to allow Statues of Limitations to expire on his US convictions. Just before the September Eleventh attacks, Lionel is arrested and sentenced a notorious Saudi prison on the edge of the Rub al Khali, the Empty Quarter, one of the world’s severest deserts.Meanwhile, Kurt Valdez, a CIA Non Official Cover or Combatant (NOC), hunts al Qaeda’s top leaders in Afghanistan. September Eleventh changes everything. Kurt and CIA paramilitary forces are assigned to take out top personnel of Pakistan’s intelligence service and members of the Saudi royal family when it is learned they were involved in planning and supporting the attacks. The quest leads Kurt to Saudi Arabia where he meets Lionel.Al Qaeda, bent on destruction of the Saudi oil facilities, obtains nuclear weapons from a former Russian general, Mikhail Antonov. The terrorists need only a means to deliver the bombs, a hijacked plane. Lionel thoroughly understands the oil facilities’ vulnerabilities, so he receives pardons from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. He and Kurt discover terrorist plans. Their race to avert destruction and financial disaster brings them together with U.S. Special Forces and Saudi Prince Mohammad al Rashid’s Intelligence Agency. Black October is a fast-paced thriller that exposes frightening susceptibilities to nuclear vulnerability and America’s oil dependency. It asks the question, what would happen if a large portion of the world’s oil supplies were interrupted for an extended length of time? It reveals how dependency on oil from the Middle East has caused the western world to compromise its historical culture, democracy, and tradition, in a pact with a dictatorial monarchy beholden to fanatically religious wahhabi fundamentalists.</p>

Black October

Literature & Fiction

Cates, Ralph L.

United States

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Mystic Pub publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Mystic Pub

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Mystic Pub publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Thoughts from Adrienne. . .staying Sane at an Insane Time

Black October