Desert Fire

by David Hagberg, Sean Flannery

Joseph Assad-Sherif is one of the world's most dangerous assassins. Known as Saddam Hussein's "Jackal," his bloody hit list includes the 1972 Israeli Olympic athletes, the South Yemen cabinet, and the 20,000 slaughtered citizens of Hamma, Syria.
Now Assad-Sheriff has been called upon for his most vicious task, acquiring and transporting nuclear technologies for Iraq. When this psychopath takes the life of Sharazad Razmarah, an American citizen working with the German Secret Service, Federal investigator Walter Roemer is set on his trail. Roemer soon discovers that the clandestine operations of the nuclear industry hold many well-guarded secrets, which cannot ever see the light of day. Roemer finds himself battling not only the crazed Assad-Sherif but the German Secret Service, and the clock is on Assad-Sherif's orders, Iraqi terrorists are heading for Germany's largest nuclear facility . . . with suicidal detonation plans.

Genres: Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1993

About the author

aka David Bannerman, Sean Flannery, David James, Robert Pell, Eric Ramsey

David Hagberg is a former Air Force cryptographer who has traveled extensively in Europe, the Arctic, and the Caribbean and has spoken at CIA functions. He has published more than twenty novels of suspense, including the bestselling High Flight, Assassin, and Joshua's Hammer.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/davidh...

Reviews

[Kadin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit of historical fiction that I'm sure would've checked all the boxes when it was published in 1993: The Gulf War, illusions to the Cold War, assassination, nuclear terrorism, and you can hardly making a plot less interesting by throwing a Nazi in the mix. There's mystery and intrigue, both domestic and international, and there's some fast-paced, high stakes drama, especially at the end. My main issues were I didn't find the main characters all that interesting, the love interest storyline fell flat, and there were moments where the story moved pretty along pretty slowly.

[Chris Klitzing · Rating 4 out of 5]

Took such a long time actually over half the book to get the full extent of the plot and I laboured along then bingo I could not put it down Marked down due to slow start
I must admit I had many family obligations which also contributed to the time to read as I usually read books in a week or less 😊😊
But good book and worth a read

[Foisal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really slow and boring

for most of the novel, i simple tried not to give up before reaching the end. But at the end i failed to achieve that.

I had to skip couple of chapters at the end and read the last chapter to finish it.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

very slow to start. Stay away from older Hagberg that is not bill lane, or Kirk mcgarvy

[Dan Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wild Story taking place in Germany. Rogue cop chosen to solve a delicate international murder. Uses unorthodox methods but gets the job done.