America at Night: The True Story of Two Rogue CIA Operatives, Homeland Security Failures, DirtyMon ey, and a Plot to Steal the 2004 U.S.

by Larry J. Kolb

Book Overview

From the author of Overworld, America at Night reads like a thriller, but is "the kind of story about which fiction writers can only dream." (The New York Times)

When the Department of Homeland Security suspects that two former CIA operatives are at the center of plot involving money laundering and the funding of Al Qaeda--and when their supposedly comprehensive database turns up little to no information on either...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594482861
• ISBN13: 9781594482861
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excelent story and well written

This book has some very interesting insight into a real story that depicts how some things work in this world... how someone can get all the way to the "kitchen" with the Bush's and be an outlaw. Very well written novel also! Only con would be some far fetched conspiracy theeories laid out at the beginning of the book and never proved during the book.

FASCINATING

America at Night is one of the most riveting books I've read in a long while. I absolutely couldn't put it down. Not only is the story completely intriguing, but Kolb--unlike many true crime authors--can really write. The man is obviously a born storyteller. And in this case, the story he's telling happens to be true--which makes the book all the more fascinating. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in how politics really works in this country, or anyone that just enjoys a compulsive, compelling read.

A GREAT AND FRIGHTENING TRUE STORY, WELL TOLD

With the 2008 Presidential elections approaching, everyone interested in the secret war conducted beneath the surface by both major U.S. political parties should read this book. For fans of spy novels, this book is written in the style of espionage fiction, but it is even more compelling and frightening because it is true (and extensively documented and corroborated both inside the book and on the author's website). For those interested in political intrigues, as I am, this book is riveting. Though, in the case of the story told in this book, it is Republican covert operatives (a fascinating pair of former CIA agents, now con men claiming that they are still CIA agents, while making millions for themselves) working against the interests of the Democratic candidate for President during the 2004 election, as the author admits, both parties probably conduct this sort of covert political operation against the other party in most major elections. But the intricacy and audicity of the plot revealed in this book must be unique. It is an amazing read.

SINUOUS, SINISTER, AND A GREAT READ

America at Night starts on a sunny day in the Hollywood Hills, but it soon turns dark, moving, sinuous and sinister, through the back streets and back rooms of New York, Washington, Beirut, Miami. It is a frightening story of homeland security failures and of rogue ex-CIA operatives beating the U.S. security services at almost every turn. As frightening as this true story is, it is equally entertaining, because it is beautifully written in the style of a thriller, and it is satisfying, perhaps especially because in the end the truly astonishing and evil villain of the story is brought to justice with surprising results. The whole thing would be unbelievable were it not extensively documented and corroborated. Reading America at Night was the best few hours of reading I've experienced in years.