Red Warning: A Novel

Sam Hudson has arranged to rendezvous with a possible intelligence asset. Sam is a CIA agent who is hunting his version of a “great white whale”, a vicious assassin known as Konstantin. The meeting goes haywire when an ambush kills the asset along with a fellow CIA agent. As Sam’s actions weren’t sanctioned, he is put on the shelf by the CIA. six weeks after the shootings, Sam narrowly escapes death as a bomb rips through the National Mall in DC. Sam is convinced that Konstantin’s fingerprints are all over these actions. Emily, a colleague and friend, visits Sam and is concerned about his obsession. Sam soon convinces Emily of a possible mole in the CIA aiding Konstantin. The recent events are about to get ramped up into a 9/11-style attack. Sam and Emily need to locate and eliminate the threat at all costs.

Red Warning is the latest intense espionage drama offered by Author Matthew Quirk (The Night Agent). The prospects of rogue elements in Russia reigniting the Cold War in a flash of mass terrorism are grim, but nonetheless make for a gripping subject. The adrenaline rush doesn’t abate with this read until after the last page has been read.