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JADINY: Just Another Day in New York
Operations Owlhoot, Scimitar and Trident show how it would have gone down, with dedicated junior officers risking their lives and careers to follow and coordinate every clue, across the world.A Transatlantic, anti-terrorist organization, hidden from heads of state.The dismantling of terrorist money-transfer networks.The Bilderberg Group, The Trilateral Commission, The Russell Trust, The Bohemian Grove and the Council of Foreign Relations.Top-secret US Presidential Executive Orders. A lurking aircraft carrier.An unpretentious translator transformed into a cold-blooded striker.The terrorist redoubt in secret diamond mines at the uncharted Roof of the World.Twenty thousand signed, authenticated and numbered blank Pakistani passports.A historic maze of booby-trapped tunnels in Lahore hides the terrorist treasury.The hereditary guardian of a world-threatening secret in the mountains of Pakistan.Star-crossed lovers and operatives Saint John ‘Sinjin’ Kilvington, ex-SAS and French Foreign Legion, and school-teacher Nathalie, are requisitioned from paradise. Ordinary citizens blaze their names for eternity.
JADINY will grip, shake, thrill and overturn you forever.
JADINY will grip, shake, thrill and overturn you forever.
323 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 6, 2025
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October 28, 2025
JADINY stands for “Just Another Day in New York”: What if the Arab terrorists’ plans to fly a hijacked airliner into the twin Trade Center towers in New York that fateful 9/11 had been discovered and thwarted? Azam Gill meticulously sets out just how, from his vantage point decades later, that might have been accomplished. The story, however, is not just about 9/11. It’s also about the planning and execution of other operations, in particular the elimination of Osama bin Laden.
Gill imagines these two major victories in the war against terrorism in minute detail, taking us behind the scenes and into the secret planning meetings in both the American and the terrorist camps. We are taken along on the missions and witness their successes and failures. In the process, Gill introduces a multitude of characters (perhaps more than one can easily keep track of) who had minor or significant roles in these operations; a love story; a major tragedy; and operational terminology in various languages. The book reads a bit like a training manual for spies and operatives and those who oppose them.
I haven’t the historical knowledge or technical experience to know whether the multitude of terms and descriptions of operations are authentic, but if not they are a very good imitation. The long list of references and sources Gill supplies, and his obvious facility with the subject, make me suspect most if not all of the detail, except for the actual operations described, is real.
I am not generally a reader of spy novels or combat stories, and for me JADINY is a bit too comprehensive in its detailed descriptions of the various operations. But the story should be welcomed by readers in the genre, for its interesting premises, its graphic depiction of covert operations, and its general ring of authenticity.
Gill imagines these two major victories in the war against terrorism in minute detail, taking us behind the scenes and into the secret planning meetings in both the American and the terrorist camps. We are taken along on the missions and witness their successes and failures. In the process, Gill introduces a multitude of characters (perhaps more than one can easily keep track of) who had minor or significant roles in these operations; a love story; a major tragedy; and operational terminology in various languages. The book reads a bit like a training manual for spies and operatives and those who oppose them.
I haven’t the historical knowledge or technical experience to know whether the multitude of terms and descriptions of operations are authentic, but if not they are a very good imitation. The long list of references and sources Gill supplies, and his obvious facility with the subject, make me suspect most if not all of the detail, except for the actual operations described, is real.
I am not generally a reader of spy novels or combat stories, and for me JADINY is a bit too comprehensive in its detailed descriptions of the various operations. But the story should be welcomed by readers in the genre, for its interesting premises, its graphic depiction of covert operations, and its general ring of authenticity.
August 2, 2025
I was very happy to receive this from the author who asked me what I thought of his story. Given that it’s 532 pages long and even with around 20 pages of notes and bibliography, it took me a while to finish… (I do have chores around the house).
To begin with, I was wary of an alternative fictional depiction of 9/11 — a terrible day in the history of the United States, however, it quickly became apparent that JADINY is an engrossing re-imagining of what might have been had just a few things come together differently.
Alternative fiction but not alternative facts. Azam Gill has meticulously researched the real background behind the people, places, organizations, and events surrounding 9/11, invented a few and assembled an engrossing tale worthy of a Quentin Tarantino screenplay much like “Inglourious Basterds” or “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Yes, I said that.
JADINY is instructive, a warning of what happened then could happen again despite all the lessons we supposedly learned. It is also entertaining and worth every page.
To begin with, I was wary of an alternative fictional depiction of 9/11 — a terrible day in the history of the United States, however, it quickly became apparent that JADINY is an engrossing re-imagining of what might have been had just a few things come together differently.
Alternative fiction but not alternative facts. Azam Gill has meticulously researched the real background behind the people, places, organizations, and events surrounding 9/11, invented a few and assembled an engrossing tale worthy of a Quentin Tarantino screenplay much like “Inglourious Basterds” or “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Yes, I said that.
JADINY is instructive, a warning of what happened then could happen again despite all the lessons we supposedly learned. It is also entertaining and worth every page.
July 25, 2025
A tension-filled and well-written story from start to finish.
Azam Gill’s masterfully-crafted story, JADINY: Just Another Day in New York, poses the core statement: If only our intelligence agencies had implemented the operational changes gleaned from signs, indicators, and reports received, 9-11 would have never happened. Gill’s fictional account of what might have happened if only . . . is one of the best reads of this decade. If suspense and curiosity are your suit, this book is for you. I highly recommend it.
Azam Gill’s masterfully-crafted story, JADINY: Just Another Day in New York, poses the core statement: If only our intelligence agencies had implemented the operational changes gleaned from signs, indicators, and reports received, 9-11 would have never happened. Gill’s fictional account of what might have happened if only . . . is one of the best reads of this decade. If suspense and curiosity are your suit, this book is for you. I highly recommend it.
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