The Camel Spider

by Scott Gaille

Mark McLaughlin, ForeWord Reviews - FOUR STARS

"The Camel Spider is an exciting and smart spy thriller, perfect for a summer read on the beach."

Energy lawyer Ray Culver is recruited by the CIA to move to the Middle East, where his legal business trips serve as cover for CIA missions. Ray develops a theory that behind the public face of Al Queda is a powerful member of the Saudi royal family, code-named the Camel Spider. Under the guise of his travels as a lawyer, he hunts the Camel Spider's network from Pakistan to North Africa, uncovering layers of deception. Ray learns that the men behind Al Queda have economic motives, as well as religious ones. When his cover is blown, Ray finds himself caught in the power struggle among oil producing nations in the Middle East. Are the terrorists motivated by religion - or the price of oil?

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 12, 2013

About the author

Scott Gaille is an attorney and executive whose career has ranged from giving oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals to acquiring petroleum concessions in Africa. He holds a Doctor of Law with High Honors from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Scott is an Adjunct Professor of Management at Rice University's Graduate School of Business and a Lecturer in Law and the University of Chicago Law School.