The fourth horseman

Title:

The fourth horseman / David Hagberg.

Personal Author:

Hagberg, David,

Call Number:

THRILLER HAGB

ISBN:

9780765334633

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

332 pages ; 25 cm

Series:

A Kirk McGarvey novel

Series Title:

Kirk McGarvey adventures.

General Note:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Summary:

"Pakistan is torn apart by riots in the streets. The CIA sends Pakistan expert David Haaris to meet with leaders of the military intelligence apparatus which all but controls the country, to try to head off what appears to be the disintegration of the government. But Haaris has other ideas. After disguising himself, he beheads the president in front of a mob of ten thousand people and declares himself the new Messiah. He says he will bring peace and stability to the country by allying with the Taliban. At that moment, miles to the south on the border with Afghanistan, one of four stolen nuclear weapons is detonated. Pakistan has become the most dangerous nation in the world. Legendary former director of the CIA Kirk McGarvey is given a mission--assassinate the Messiah, code name: The Fourth Horseman"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

McGarvey, Kirk (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Terrorism -- Prevention -- Fiction.

Intelligence officers -- Fiction.

Assassins -- Fiction.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Spy fiction.

Geographic Term:

Pakistan -- Fiction.

Publication:

New York : Forge, 2016.

Format:

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Summary

The heart-pounding next installment in David Hagberg's New York Times bestselling Kirk McGarvey series.

Pakistan is torn apart by riots in the streets. The CIA sends Pakistan expert David Haaris to meet with leaders of the military intelligence apparatus which all but controls the country, to try to head off what appears to be the disintegration of the government.

But Haaris has other ideas. After disguising himself, he beheads the president in front of a mob of ten thousand people and declares himself the new Messiah. He says he will bring peace and stability to the country by allying with the Taliban.

At that moment, miles to the south on the border with Afghanistan, one of four stolen nuclear weapons is detonated.

Pakistan has become the most dangerous nation in the world. Legendary former director of the CIA Kirk McGarvey is given a mission--assassinate the Messiah, code name: The Fourth Horseman.

Author Notes

David Hagberg was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from high school, he joined the Air Force and was trained as a cryptographer. During his career, he was stationed in Greenland and in Germany. He studied physics, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Maryland, Overseas Division and the University of Wisconsin. He worked as a cub reporter on the Duluth Herald and News-Tribune and as a news desk editor for the Associated Press. His first novel, Twister, was published in 1975. He has written over 70 suspense novels including The White House, Joshua's Hammer, Desert Fire, and High Flight. He won three Mystery Scene Magazine Best American Mystery awards for Countdown, Crossfire, and Critical Mass. His Sean Flannery novel, The Kremlin Letter, was also nominated for an American Book Award.

David Hagberg passed away on September 8, 2019 at the age of 76.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Hagberg's implausible 18th thriller featuring former CIA director Kirk McGarvey (after 2015's Retribution), David Haaris, the hate-filled head of the CIA's Pakistan desk, who was mocked as a schoolboy in England as a "rag head," plans "to strike a blow against the West that would be worse than a thousand 9/11s." Haaris begins by taking advantage of a private audience with an old friend, Farid Barazani, the "openly pro-Western new president of Pakistan," to shoot him dead. Then, disguised, Haaris displays Barazani's severed head to the crowds gathered near the presidential palace, who call him Messiah, the one who will redeem his country. Alarmed at the risk of loose Pakistani nukes, U.S. president Charlene Miller asks McGarvey to assassinate the man now known as the Messiah. Haaris comes under suspicion remarkably quickly, given his position of trust, and he does a number of things that only validate those concerns about his loyalties. The contrivance at the end will elicit groans and undercuts the intended portrayal of the lead as a skilled operative. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

A CIA Pakistan expert arrives in that country under disguise and promptly murders the president. He is given the moniker of the Messiah and begins his plans to rain chaos. The president of the U.S. reluctantly hires former CIA head Kirk McGarvey to maintain order and take out this new threat. McGarvey initially refuses, but when a hit squad tries to kill him and someone he cares about, he changes his mind. McGarvey not only has to use his former assets to uncover the truth, but he also must battle his supposed allies. The man he's hunting has high government access and will not hesitate to kill anyone who gets too close. It's a bit of a stretch to have our heroes so quickly identify the Messiah, but that's a nitpick. Hagberg knows how to get the reader to turn the page, and those who enjoy action-oriented spy thrillers involving government insiders will find much to enjoy here.--Ayers, Jeff Copyright 2016 Booklist