The Catalan Gambit

A fast and furious Machiavellian plot that once you begin reading you can't put it down.--Webb Sawyer author of <I>Blue Heron Marsh</I></P><P>Loved it...a thrilling read from cover to cover--Elrod Stanton author of <I>Hunting Ground</I></P><P>Henry Ellis becomes embroiled in an international incident when a chartered Iberian Air jet loaded with American high school students including his twin son and daughter is hijacked.</P><P>Beneath the fade of a simple hijacking by Palestinian terrorists there is a much deeper plot one that involves the overt Basque separatist group known as ETA a covert Catalan separatist cabal led by a clique of old men who are holdovers from the Spanish Civil War and hidden even deeper in the confused trail of deception an ex-CIA agent driven by an obsession for revenge.</P><P>While Henry acts to save his children from their fate at the hands of the hijackers the twins Jennie and Theo are drawn into a contest of wills with the Palestinian terrorists. In a bizarre turn of events Henry Ellis strikes an unholy bargain with the infamous international terrorist and assassin El S'Khah.</P>