The Far Side of the Desert
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Publisher Description
A terrorist attack—a kidnapping—the ultimate vacation gone wrong
Sisters Samantha and Monte Waters are vacationing together in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, enjoying a festival and planning to meet with their brother, Cal—but the idyllic plans are short-lived. When terrorists' attacks rock the city around them, Monte, a U.S. foreign service officer, and Samantha, an international television correspondent, are separated, and one of them is whisked away in the frenzy.
The family mobilizes, using all their contacts to try to find their missing sister, but to no avail. She has vanished. As time presses on, the outlook darkens. Can she be found, or is she a lost cause? And, even if she returns, will the damage to her and those around her be irreparable?
Moving from Spain to Washington to Morocco to Gibraltar to the Sahara Desert, The Far Side of the Desert is a family drama and political thriller that explores links of terrorism, crime, and financial manipulation, revealing the grace that ultimately foils destruction.
Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Daniel Silva
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Two sisters are separated by a Spanish terrorist attack in the clichéd latest from Leedom-Ackerman (Burning Distance). In 2007, Samantha and Monte Waters head to Spain to meet their brother, Cal, and take his mind off his impending divorce. All three siblings are workaholics: Samantha is a well-respected news correspondent, Monte a U.S. State Department employee (like their parents), and Cal a magazine journalist. Samantha and Monte's hopes for some downtime are dashed when a series of explosions occur outside of their Galician hotel. In the ensuing chaos, Monte seeks shelter with a man who identifies himself as a security guard. In reality, he's working with the group who detonated the bombs, and Monte is taken captive by an extremist organization helmed by a shadowy leader known as "the Elder." Samantha escapes the attacks and enlists the rest of their family to find Monte, drawing on her parents' State Department contacts. The action ping-pongs between the Waters' frantic rescue efforts and Monte's increasingly dire captivity, but there are few surprises, and little to distinguish this from heaps of similar thrillers. It's a letdown.
