The Pelindaba Conspiracy

by Cliff Happy

Former Israeli Mossad operative Gideon Meltzer is a no-nonsense terrorist hunter and founding member of Friends from Damascus. His crack black-ops team will go anywhere and risk anything to eliminate extremists bent on destruction. When religious fanatics steal highly enriched uranium, Gideon’s team is forced to partner with a most unlikely ally – a blind computer genius named Alaleh Koyunlu—to get it back. This Persian beauty is on the run in Paris from not only the police and Western Intelligence agencies who think she has orchestrated the uranium theft, but also from the terrorists who set her up and now want her dead. With the clock ticking and millions of lives on the line, the team must rely upon Alaleh to lead them on a world-wide chase for the missing material and their prey.

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First published January 20, 2012

About the author

Cliff was born in 1963, and joined the Marine Corps right out of high school where he spent twenty-two years with the infantry. He served all over the world in a variety of billets including five years with the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team where he participated in operations in Central America, West Africa, and Europe. He has a master’s degree in History and Political Science and currently teaches both at a National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science, and Technology high school for academically gifted students. He currently lives in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas with his wife. They have three children.

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Friends of Damascus is a group of men and women from various special ops forces from several countries who have come together as private force to fight terrorism. Belonging to no government and being highly skilled, with an un-named source of funding this group track down individual terrorists and terrorist groups and puts them out of action without the red tape and politics of government forces. They can get things done, but at a risk, they are now on every police and Interpol most wanted lists and even the cartels have them in hit lists. In this novel they take on the case of stolen nuclear material, tracking it down and preventing is use by the terrorists. Interesting cast of characters, plenty of action, it’s the kind of book you hate to put down. I already have the next book on my Kindle for a future read.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another action packed story with a plot that is, unfortunately, well within the realm of possibility today. Although a bit slow starting, the story quickly proceeds from South Africa to the Middle East, across Europe, and to the United States. Some of the tactics the "friends from Damascus" use are, to be sure, questionable, but then so is the enemy. Getting the job done is the "friends" only objective. The big question is how will the author keep the team going when not only the terrorist organizations are after them, but also the Intelligence Services of most major nations. Keeps you wondering.

[Jim Morton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast paced book. great story and highly recommended.