Spy & Espionage Thriller

The third and final novel of John le Carré's acclaimed 'Karla Trilogy', Smiley's People, published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time, transports readers into the intricate world of espionage and Cold War intrigue. When a former agent is found murdered, George Smiley, retired but ever-observant, finds himself pulled back into the shadowy operations of the Secret Service. Despite...

If you love the bestselling historical fiction author Molly Green, her newest heartfelt, engrossing World War Two saga is out now: make sure you read The Wartime Librarian's Secret! Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms are full of secrets … June, 1941 Britain is in the throes of war, but Katharina Valentine feels sidelined. Employed as a shorthand-typist in the War Office,...

Based on a true story, this acclaimed, chillingly authentic, page-turner of a thriller brings Soviet Russia and the Cold War world to brilliant life and should rank alongside Martin Cruz-Smith's Gorky Park and Robert Harris' Archangel. 'Outstanding' - SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting' - DAILY MAIL 'Fascinating . ....

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy finds George Smiley facing his greatest challenge yet: unmasking a Soviet double agent at the heart of the British establishment. George Smiley, a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The scene he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles and lamplighters, scalp-hunters and pavement artists, where men...

The Honourable Schoolboy, the second book in John le Carré's revered 'Karla Trilogy' and a distinguished addition to Penguin Modern Classics, delves deep into the shadowy world of espionage with its gripping and intricate narrative. In the aftermath of a shocking betrayal, the once-mighty British Secret Service is left in shambles, and the responsibility of reviving it falls to George...

From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen comes a harrowing and emotional thriller where ghosts of the Cold War return with a vengeance—and cannot be outrun. When a renowned disease expert and Russian defector dies mysteriously during a global affairs conference in Purity, Maine, the tight-knit band of former spies in the Martini Club once again sees their quiet...

From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen comes a harrowing and emotional thriller where ghosts of the Cold War return with a vengeance—and cannot be outrun. When a renowned disease expert and Russian defector dies mysteriously during a global affairs conference in Purity, Maine, the tight-knit band of former spies in the Martini Club once again sees their quiet...

'A superb and compelling espionage drama inside the Iran-Israel shadow war by the top spy thrillerist of these wild turbulent times' — Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A great spy writer' — Tim Shipman Kamran Esfahani, a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm, dreams of starting afresh in California. To finance his new life, he agrees to spy for Mossad in Iran, working...

Journalist Gil Peck has spent decades breaking stories about Britain's political elites, shining a light on the darkest corners of Whitehall. But when the Prime Minister, Stella Barnsbury, collapses during an interview on his podcast, he finds himself at the centre of the scoop. Within 48 hours, the Prime Minister is dead. And when foul play is confirmed, Gil and...

What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskey's thrilling fifth novel, London Station. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its close relationship with their cousins across the Atlantic. Case officers,...

A thrilling blend of adventure and spy novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps has been continuously in print since first publication in 1915 and has been adapted for stage and screen multiple times, including Alfred Hitchcock's famous film adaptation. ‘Ordinary fellow’ Richard Hannay returns home one night and is horrified to find a dead body. He recognises the murdered man as his...

A gripping international thriller from the author of The Night Agent, now a hit Netflix original series. Season 2 of The Night Agent out January 2025! Readers love Matthew Quirk: 'Quirk has earned his spot in the front ranks of thriller writers' David Baldacci 'Breathless stay-up-late suspense' Lee Child 'A thriller writer to watch' Daily Mail 'The consummate thriller writer'...

Arrange a brief encounter with one of the original, and best, thriller writers, Graham Greene, and his iconic tale of espionage and betrayal - The Third Man. Graham Greene's iconic thriller is a shocking tale of espionage and deceit, told from amongst the smouldering ruins of war-torn Europe. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in post-war Vienna to visit...

A riveting thriller about an ordinary man's quest for extraordinary vengeance. Charlie Heller is a CIA cryptographer, a quiet man in a back-room job. He's not a spy, let alone an assassin. But when his beloved fiancée is murdered by terrorists and his employers refuse to pursue her killers, Heller decides to take matters into his own hands. Pursuing the...

The first in a globe-trotting adventure thriller series about a team of former special forces operators' mission to find the lost city of Ubar, the legendary 'Atlantis of the Sands'. Perfect for fans of Cussler and Jack Carr. Former Green Beret, Nate Wilde, knows it will take something special to get ahead in his new civilian academic career. Like locating...

Triple is the story of the most successful espionage coup—and best-kept secret—of this century. This taut espionage thriller comes from the master of the genre, Ken Follett. A Frightening Discovery In 1968, the fledgling nation of Israel is threatened when the intelligence services find out that Egypt is only months away from developing nuclear weapons. An untimely end awaits the...

'a classy, well-crafted literary thriller.' Adam Lebor in the Financial Times'an enjoyable resemblance to the screen adventures of male-female spy duos in the old Cold War, although its backdrop (oligarchs in London, Putin's assassins abroad, a possibly compromised White House) is the new one' The Times'original, zeitgeisty and highly engaging' Aspects of Crime'...cultivated and intelligent' Literary Review'A brilliantly original drama...

They don't exist on paper. They don't answer to Congress. They were built to protect the Republic from the shadows. Nova Dunn has spent twenty-one years carrying her father's dog tags—and the weight of unanswered questions. Jonathan Dunn died on a classified mission when she was eight years old. At least, that's what she was told. Now recruited into The...

One detective. One murder. A nation of lies. Detective Captain Viktor Voloshin, a maverick in the Moscow militsiya, is determined to uncover the truth behind the brutal murder of a foreign medical student, whose mutilated body was left hanging in a city park. As Voloshin investigates, he finds himself entangled in a web of deception, facing obstruction from his own...

A Funeral in Paris. A Reckoning in Russia. An Endgame in Davos. Former CIA analyst Kate Preacher has tracked the cabal that shattered her world across continents—but only now does she glimpse the true enemy behind the curtain. A new leader has stepped from the shadows to seize control of the Coalition—and a weapon that could reshape the balance of...

A Funeral in Paris. A Reckoning in Russia. An Endgame in Davos. Former CIA analyst Kate Preacher has tracked the cabal that shattered her world across continents—but only now does she glimpse the true enemy behind the curtain. A new leader has stepped from the shadows to seize control of the Coalition—and a weapon that could reshape the balance of...

The United States has a vast horde of chemical and biological weapons stored throughout the nation, and to address this issue, they construct two destruction plants. The crews working in these plants are locked inside the buildings for three weeks straight with strict orders: if a spill happens and they cannot handle it, the crew is instructed not to try...

He built the perfect spy. Now it's hunting him. Chase Malone, one of the tech industry's brightest minds, has done the impossible. RAIN, his ultra-advanced Artificial Intelligence, isn't just smart—it’s genius-level intelligent, decades ahead of the competition, and far beyond what most thought possible. But RAIN's power attracts dangerous attention. When Chase's invention is turned against him, he realizes his...

A discovery that could change the world. A war that could destroy it. Deep in the Namibian desert, a geologist uncovers the largest rare-earth deposit ever found— a resource powerful enough to upend global power. China will do anything to keep its monopoly of the mineral, even if it means war. To stop them, the CIA deploys ex-black ops operative...

They stole it. He's going to take it back—by force. In October 1943, Hitler's SS troops surrounded Rome's Jewish Ghetto and plundered the Jews' most precious heritage: two ancient libraries containing unique books and manuscripts dating from before the birth of Christ, from the time of the Caesars, the emperors, and the early popes. The Nazi ambassador to the Vatican...

In a struggle to escape his past, Rex Dalton is unleashed against those who prey on the innocent. To stay alive, Dalton must live as though he's dead, and fleeing to India with his military dog, Digger, is the ideal escape. Heading for Kapal Mochan, Dalton wants more than just refuge. He intends to dip his hand in the sacred...

A dead student. A missing laptop. A President's desperate call. Sean Kruger thought retirement meant peace. Then a brilliant MIT student dies in a mysterious hit-and-run. The President needs answers, and Kruger is the only one he trusts to find them. The student's algorithm could predict every vote, control every election. Someone killed for it. Someone powerful enough to make...

An idyllic holiday turns into a race against time when Rex has to stop a diabolical plot. Rex, Catia, Digger, and their friends, Josh and Marissa, are on holiday in Hong Kong. The nature is breathtaking, the people enlivening, and the shopping exhilarating. Until two ladies are attacked at Stanley Market by members of the triad group, Sun Yee On....

Diamonds disappear. No alarms. No witnesses. No trace. Sean Kruger left the FBI, but the cases won't leave him. A Chicago museum's diamond collection vanishes overnight—$150 million gone like smoke. Private contractors want Kruger's instincts. Tech genius J.R. Diminski wants justice. The police want answers. The heist leads to blood. Each clue reveals a pattern beyond stealing gems. Someone plays...

Some secrets are written in blood. Others in birth certificates. Mia Diminski grew up Texan, through and through. Then her husband, J.R., finds a file that rewrites her history. Her roots stretch across the Pacific, tangled in conspiracy. The truth about her father hides in classified documents. Now killers want those papers buried—along with anyone who's read them. Sean Kruger...

In the heart of the Andes, an archaeological dream is threatened by a sinister plot. When former black ops field agent Rex Dalton and his trusty K9 companion, Digger, form an unexpected friendship with a retired American couple, they are invited to join an expedition to a secluded village nestled high in the Andes Mountains. The couple's intention to invest...

Some killers leave bodies. The worst leave questions. A plane vanishes over the Indian Ocean. A woman dies in Illinois. Sean Kruger sees the pattern no one else can—Randolph Bishop's signature. The only killer who ever beat him is back. Six years ago, Kruger made a mistake. Bishop slipped away. Now he's returned, turning vengeance into an art form. Each...

In a relentless fight to escape his past, Rex Dalton is unleashed against those who prey on the innocent. When Rex Dalton's family is killed in the Madrid train bombings on March 11, 2004, he emerges from the shadows with one purpose: to hunt the perpetrators who shattered lives that fateful day. Fueled by revenge, Dalton will stop at nothing...

A mysterious disappearance. A loyal dog. A fight for justice. When vigilante, Rex Dalton, and his trusty military dog, Digger, take a much-needed vacation on the tranquil islands of Vanuatu, their plans for a carefree getaway take an unexpected turn. Digger introduces Dalton to Jacqui, an enigmatic French woman, and their friendship blossoms. But when Jacqui suddenly vanishes, Dalton becomes...

A delusional genius bent on restoring an empire must be stopped. Rex, Catia, and Digger are on Rhodes Island, Greece, when an assassin kills two people right in front of their eyes. They jump into action to help. The assassin flees, but Rex and Digger give chase, and when they catch up with her, she commits suicide. Back at their...

The dead can't retire. Sean Kruger will have to wait. FBI profiler Sean Kruger plans to retire. Then someone kills FBI Deputy Director Alan Seltzer on a bike trail. The murder matches others. All victims are black men in power. All deaths look like accidents. Kruger has two weeks until retirement. The killer knows this. Bodies pile up. Evidence disappears....

The past doesn't die. It waits. Sean Kruger thought teaching would be safer than the FBI. Then a student vanishes from his campus. The method matches a cold case that still haunts him—six women, four colleges, zero bodies. A case he couldn't solve. JR Diminski finds a fingerprint in the digital dark. A ghost from 1999 leaves traces in 2023....

London is under attack. Secrets and spies hide in the shadows. Who can you trust when every night could be your last? London, 1940: Farmer John Cook would rather avoid the city at the best of times. But as he watches Nazi bombers passing overhead in the moonlight, he knows he is exactly where he needs to be. A young...

A string of assassinations. A nation on edge. An FBI profiler racing to stop a deadly conspiracy. When a prominent businessman is gunned down, Homicide Detective Ryan Clark turns to FBI profiler Sean Kruger for help. Kruger, ready to retire, is reluctant to get involved—until the assassin strikes again in his own city. Defying orders, Kruger tracks the killer to...

The Cold War between the US and China is heating up as China is getting more vocal and aggressive with its demands. Rex Dalton and his team are sent on a covert mission to recruit one of the People's Liberation Army's most senior generals to spy for the CIA. But then it is discovered that China is facing a famine...

A deadly game of revenge and betrayal Former assassin Acid Vanilla finds herself drawn back into danger when an old acquaintance seeks her help in San Sebastian. Forced into a shaky partnership to steal a valuable artefact, Acid must confront her demons and face off against her lethal rival, Sister Death. As the stakes rise and the odds turn against...

When a beautiful woman breaches Rex Dalton's defences, he will stop at nothing to save her. Ex-military operative Rex Dalton's quest for a new identity in Thailand takes a treacherous turn when his captivating language teacher, Sunstra, disappears during a catastrophic tsunami. As Rex and his loyal K9 companion Digger race against time to rescue her from ruthless kidnappers demanding...

A missing child. A deadly network. A father who will tear it all down. Rex Dalton's world is upended when his college sweetheart reaches out after years of silence. She's dying—and she has twins. His twins. One of them, his daughter Courtney, has been abducted by a ruthless trafficking ring, and law enforcement has hit a dead end. With time...

One man's redemption quest becomes a race against time to save a life. International fugitive Ryan Kaine, still haunted by the deaths of 83 civilians on flight BE1555, abandons his pursuit of exoneration to save a missing schoolboy. Martin Princeton lies dying on a Scottish mountainside, and Kaine knows he's the boy's best hope for survival. Battling his own injuries...

When an office cleaner steals candy from a bowl on a general's desk, it changes the course of history. The President of the People's Republic of China dies while in office. A heart attack is the official cause of death. Three days later, the Politburo announces the name of the new President. Eight months later, the CIA disguising expert who...

When duty and desire blur, Dalton must choose between his heart and his mission. During a trip to Rome, Dalton unexpectedly crosses paths with Catia Romano, the captivating woman who stole his heart many years before. Their reunion rekindles long-buried emotions, though it takes a sharp turn when he receives urgent news: Rex's former CRC colleagues need him. His old...

The ninth book in the electrifying Rex Dalton series. Rex Dalton and his best friend Digger, the former military dog, are back in Rome. They are at the famous Piazza del Popolo. Seven weeks ago, Rex had to abandon his plans to contact Catia Romano, the woman he's in love with, to help rescue his former CEO, John Brandt. Now...

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, perfect for fans of the #1 bestselling Slough House series. Espionage. Blackmail. Revenge. Cunning. Secrets. From the troubled recruitment of a new MI5 informant to the buried secrets of the Cold War, Herron's novellas capture the drama, humour, and high stakes of everyday life in the world of spycraft....

The Metropolitan Police have an unsolvable problem: 'Lachy' Wilson is a ruthless and obscenely rich British drugs lord who has bought off dozens of their officers. Thanks to these informants, no one can lay a glove on Wilson and he is considered 'untouchable'. Wilson is dreaming of one last, game-changing shipment of heroin into the UK. The Met turn to...

AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A QUEST FOR THE TRUTH. ONLY SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES 1943, America: SOE's Saffron Courtney is back in New York, but even as she recovers from her mission to Washington, events on the other side of the Atlantic are making her return to England inevitable. The War Office need someone to extract an asset - a...

Ryan Kaine is on the attack... When Angela Shafer's stalker threatens to kill her, she is forced to call upon the services of The 83 Trust. Ryan Kaine vows to deliver justice in the only way he knows how. After reaching Angela's home too late to prevent a terrible atrocity, Kaine calls in reinforcements in the form of his most...

A brand new espionage thriller series from Neil Lancaster, the author of the best-selling Max Craigie series. Pre-order now! For her latest mission, British Intelligence operative Josie Chapman lands in California. Beneath the sun-soaked boulevards and rolling hills lurks a sprawling network of organised crime. Posing as a climbing instructor, Josie infiltrates the operation and uncovers the staggering extent of...

Hurricane Room by Kim Sherwood is a gripping and explosive spy thriller where James Bond returns, and the Double O agents make their last stand. 'Razor-sharp… highly recommended' M.W. Craven ‘Tough, smart and thrilling. Just like 007 himself’ Charlie Higson 'Explodes into action' Vaseem Khan 'Moves at warp speed' Financial Times 'Sherwood rounds off her trilogy in assured fashion' The...

As the end of the Second World War in Europe looms, a new conflict is in its early stages: who will control Europe when the war ends? Soviet double-agent 'Archie' is now a British diplomat in the United States, feeding information on the Special Relationship back to Moscow Centre. Meanwhile, erstwhile Soviet agent 'Bertie' – Charles Cooper – is sent...

Untitled Cussler - Oregon #20 by Mike Maden features Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon as they return in an explosive new instalment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. The Oregon, from the outside, appears to be a rusting hunk of junk. However, beneath that decaying exterior lies a state-of-the-art vessel equipped with a uniquely effective...

When a bikie war erupts in the historic Queensland town of Helidon, it reveals a sinister web of crime and corruption. Child protection worker Dana Gibson is called to attend a fatal shooting at the Criterion Pub in Helidon where a bikie gang war has exploded. Seventeen-year-old Savannah has been caught in the crossfire, and the rural town finds itself...

A thrilling, rock-n-roll head-banger of a debut, steeped in '80s music culture nostalgia and international suspense. As intensely gripping as it is raucously funny! It's Los Angeles, 1986, and metal rules the world. When aspiring drummer Rikki Thunder gets a shot to join L.A.'s hottest new band, Whyte Python, he soon has a hit single scorching up the charts, and...

Cold Sunset, the third novel starring accidental spy Gabriel Dax, takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken, and every step could be fatal, in a tautly woven mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd. The new stylish mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken, and...

From Neal Stephenson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Polostan and Cryptonomicon, comes the second instalment in his monumental Bomb Light series - a gripping tale set on the eve of World War II, as nations race to find and control an elusive substance critical to building atomic weapons. 1934. British journalist Owen Crisp-Upjohn is dispatched to Moscow,...

EVERY TRAITOR WAS ONCE TRUSTED.... 'Impressive...an exhilarating blend of psychological probing and terrific action scenes' — SUNDAY TIMES 'Perfect for fans of Herron or Le Carre' — THE SCOTSMAN Jamie Tulloch and Sam Li never intended to be spies. Jamie, a former exec at a tech company, found himself caught up in a mission and discovered a taste for the...

The Taper Man by Nick Harkaway, renowned for his bestselling take on George Smiley, returns with the iconic spy hot on the trail of a traitor at the top of American intelligence. It is 1965, and the Cold War has never been colder. The Circus, the secret centre of British intelligence, has one prized asset left in Moscow: a senior...

The blockbuster new novel from the master storyteller Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, now a hit TV series. One bullet is all it takes... The stranger stands in the rafters of New York's Grand Central Station, his rifle ahead of him. The President's security team are compromised, rendering the President vulnerable just as he is...

The forgotten tale of MI6's top spy in Nazi Germany and his bid to stop the Second World War. In the world of espionage, where the accounts of renowned spies often dominate the narrative, this is a rare gem—a story of a completely unknown spy. Baron William de Ropp, a Baltic German aristocrat, wasn't just any ordinary spy; he was...

Compelling tour of Bosnia by a seasoned diplomat and first-class storyteller — Bill Clinton A diplomat deals with the legacy of the devastating Yugoslav wars in this dynamic thriller from the acclaimed author of The American Mission. Diplomat Eric Petrosian has returned to Sarajevo, twenty years after the horrors of the Srebrenica massacre which took the life of his friend....

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors return with a scintillating supernatural-themed thriller. Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson investigate bizarre deaths in the New Mexico desert, but awaken an ancient evil. In the New Mexico desert badlands, a woman's skeleton is found with two rare artefacts clutched in her hands: lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon...

The brand new action-packed thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling Martini Club series. 'I love this new series . . . The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn't put it down.' SHARI LAPENA 'What a ride - The Summer Guests hooked me from the first explosive chapter. . . Immersive, compelling, utterly addictive - a masterclass...

The master storyteller — author of The Day of the Jackal — returns, with his most explosive thriller yet. The bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal returns with his most explosive book yet. The Nazis may have lost the battle. But the war is just beginning... Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington...

With the action powering its way from the frozen wastes of the Russian Arctic to the warm azure sea of the Caribbean, Ballistic is the explosive, frighteningly relevant and alarmingly prescient new international thriller from BBC security correspondent and Sunday Times bestseller Frank Gardner. The new Luke Carlton thriller. MI6 operative Luke Carlton returns in his most exciting and unnervingly...

#1 New York Times Bestseller #1 USA Today Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller A Kirkus Best Book of 2018 A Real Book Spy Best Thriller of 2018 From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal. She was his best-kept secret ... In an isolated village in the mountains of...

From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, The Alice Network, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America. In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted... Bold and...

"Heart-stopping." -- WASHINGTON POST Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel...

1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie's parents banish her...

Portrait of a Spy LP follows Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and spy, in a spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. For Gabriel and his wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London—a visit to a gallery in St. James’s to authenticate a newly discovered painting by...

In a spellbinding new masterpiece of international intrigue by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived. Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly...

JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for "Death to Spies," is hell-bent on destroying Secret Agent 007, James Bond. His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of the British Secret Service. The lure? A beautiful woman at...

The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Evening and the Morning His code name was The Needle. He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history....

When a destitute governess strikes a dangerous bargain with a spymaster posing as her protector, survival turns to seduction—and every lie brings them closer to ruin. A lush, suspenseful Regency romance where passion, espionage, and redemption entwine beneath society's glittering mask. When survival demands a scandalous bargain, can a desperate governess and a dangerous spymaster find redemption in each other's...

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This roller-coaster, edge-of-your-seat thriller (Star-Tribune, Minneapolis) in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series follows the CIA's top operative as he must stop a massacre in Washington, DC, and save the president before terrorists reach the White House. The stately calm of a Washington morning is shattered when a group of terrorists descends, killing dozens and taking nearly...