The Fourth War

by Chris Stewart

Book Overview

Along the Afghanistan border, a CIA agent meets secretly with a distraught Arab girl. She passes him a coded message before killing herself. But before the message can be deciphered, the world spins toward war: Within hours, the president of Pakistan is assassinated, and the country's nuclear warheads go missing. Al Qaeda streams into northern Pakistan. Israel puts her combat forces on hair-trigger alert. CIA paramilitary agent Peter Zembeic is given...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312939752
• ISBN13: 9780312939755
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

The Fourth War

This book seemed so short because it read so fast. As I neared the end I kept looking at the remaining pages trying to determine how the author, Chris Stewart, was going to solve some major world problems in so few of pages. And then he surprised me and not only did so, but turned the world upside down which caused me to read the book again. It is as good as a Grisham novel that keeps you gripped in reading, wanting to see each new turn of events. The storyline is so plausible in today's terrorist climate and so believable that you know it could occur. Only minutes separate the good guys from the bad guys, but then you have to determine which is which and who did what when. 5 stars all the way. Richard

Great action and pacing

I am a reader who starts action novels and frequently puts them down again, before finishing. Not this one. The author, a former B-1 Bomber pilot, does a great job at mixing geopolitics and terrorism with characters that are believeable, and great aerial action sequences. Good writer and I recommend this novel.

Action Packed Book!

A terrorist mastermind who goes by the name of "The Great One" implements a coup in Pakistan.The President is shot down by a jet fighter who is loyal to the forces of "The Great One".Also there are twenty four nuclear weapons that come up missing.It is the job of Peter Zembeic a CIA paramilitary soldier to locate these missing weapons.Zembeic is a member of the "Campers" a CIA group."The Great One has the intentions to use the devices on various targets throughout the world.The race is on to find the weapons. You have the involvement of the Israel Shin Bet who are trying to locate the missing nuclear weapons.Zembeic has to deal with Afgani warlords who have no loyalty to anyone.You also have a frightening Islamic torture expert who plays a role in the story.Colonel Shane Bradley attempts to bomb the site where the stolen warheads are being stored.There is alo a surprise ending as to the fate of the nuclear warheads. This is a very good book that you will enjoy reading.

Impluse buy at the grocery store

I was between books and this one caught my eye. It was GREAT! Couldn't put it down. I've already ordered another Chris Stewart book on line. Highly recommended!

Very Good Writing!!

It is always interesting as to how one finds a new author. In this instance it was a shared interest in flying as this book was reviewed in the Air and Space magazine which I subscribe to which is published by the Smithsonian. I am always looking for a book written by a pilot and in this instance, Chris Stewart more than filled the bill as an ex-B1 pilot with a few prior books to his credit. We can only hope that the forces against us discussed by the author are not as far along in their planning as they are in the book. In the story an elaborate scheme unfolds to steal 24 nuclear weapons from the Pakistani arsenal. These are weapons which are so small they can be carried by a person, yet they have a killing power which will change the world. The remainder of the book deals with the assets we have deployed in the region and what they are able to do to deal with the threat. This is a book which will not help you sleep at night and it is well written from all points of view. I have liked this writing well enough to purchase the few earlier novels Mr.Stewart has written. This is a very promising author of this genre of novel.