Craig Page, the bold and daring EU Director of Counterterrorism, becomes the focal point of an effort to stop the feared terrorist Ahmed Sadi, whose goal is to provoke a Muslim uprising in
Western Europe.�Ahmed, a Muslim fanatic born in Paris to parents who emigrated from Algeria, calls himself Musa Ben Abdil, after a Muslim hero from the Fifteenth Century War with Spain.�Page
teams up once again the resourceful Elizabeth Crowder, a newspaper reporter who has also become his lover.�Ahmed�� plans become far more menacing when he is joined by Chinese General Zhou,
who had been exiled to France for his devious actions in The China Gambit.�With Zhou�� assistance, Ahmed�� plan is to launch a horrific attack on the heart of Christianity.�At the same
time, Ahmed wants to retake militarily for Islam a portion of Southern Spain.�He relies upon a medieval parchment he claims to have uncovered, in which Queen Isabella on her death bed in 1504
ceded a portion of Southern Spain to the Muslims in perpetuity.�His one main obstacle: Page himself is hot on his trail, determined as ever to save the world from a master criminal.�From
Spain to Morocco and beyond to�Italy, Page and General Zhou renew their battle, even as Ahmed plots his deadly revenge.
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