Duplicity

A Novel

By: Newt Gingrich, Pete Earley

Narrated by: Robert Fass

In "one of the best" political thrillers from two Washington insiders (Nelson DeMille, NYT bestselling author), America's leaders must hunt down a master terrorist in hiding and neutralize the threat of political betrayal.

The greatest nightmare for the free world today would be an extremist in hiding, controlling and coordinating radical Islamic groups at the highest level around the globe.

In Duplicity, two bestselling authors -- former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Pulitzer Prize finalist Pete Earley -- weave a grim and gripping tale of this worst case scenario. From home front fears to an international crisis, this thriller is terrifyingly plausible, ripped straight from the headlines.

When President Sally Allworth decides to reestablish America's Mogadishu embassy in Somalia weeks before Election Day, her challenger says she is playing politics with American lives. That turns out to be true when the embassy is attacked and hostages are taken. Station chief Gunter Conner and Marine captain Brooke Grant end up the unlikely survivors of this Benghazi-style strike. And suddenly, they are the only hope for saving their captured colleagues.

With his in-depth political knowledge of friends and foes on the political stage, only Newt Gingrich could weave such a spellbinding tale of events and personalities, one that could actually happen . . . if America's leaders aren't wary of a world full of duplicity.

Critic reviews

A thrilling tale of America's darkest day.—W.E.B. Griffin on Pearl Harbor

[Gettysburg] is believable and beautifully written...every bit as good as Michael Sharra's The Killer Angels. Not only do Gingrich and Forstchen bring the characters to life, and often horrible death, but they do so with memorable observations on the ways of war and vivid, technically accurate descriptions of frightful Civil War combat.—The Courier Journal, on Gettysburg

Grim, gritty, realistic, accurate, and splendid, this is a soaring epic of triumph over almost unimaginable odds.—Library Journal on To Try Men's Souls

The authors' research is impeccable...the reader is left believing it could really have happened this way.—Booklist on Never Call Retreat

An exciting alternative history of the Civil War. Character depictions are vivid, detailed, and insightful. One of the best novels of the Civil War to appear in recent years.—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Grant Comes East

Meet US Marine Captain Brooke Grant!

Duplicity is a really good political/military suspense thriller. It is Book 1 in the three novel Brooke Grant series. Brooke's parents died in the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 when she was in her mid-teens. She was then taken in by her dad's brother and his wife. Her uncle, who is very protective of her despite her objections, is US Army General Frank Grant who serves in the US government as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The novel occurs during a US presidential election with incumbent president Sally Allworth being challenged by the very wealthy governor of Florida. In a political decision President Allworth opens a US embassy in war torn Somalia. The decision has rather dire consequences for the US and especially for Captain Brooke Grant and the US diplomatic mission members, The antagonist of the entire series is an a Islamic militant leader known only as The Falcon.

Robert Fass narrates the first two novels in this series and Eric Martin narrates the third. Both a quite good, but Martin is better.

Good

I thought the main character, the woman, a bit too headstrong at inappropriate times. Mist of the Tim I liked her, but sometimes she really grated on me.
The story was entertaining and kept me interested. If a sequel was written I would get it.

Good story reminds me of Mitch Rapp or Gabriel A.

I enjoyed this book very much. I have not read Newt Gingrich lately. I'm going to buy the next one in the series.

An Engaging Thiller With Historic Context

Excellently developed characters set in a present day novel about terrorism and the politics of Washington D.C. The authors add enough historic background to make the book even more realistic. The reader, Robert Fass, does wonderful work in adding distinct voices to portray each charter. Thanks to his reading, I was never confused as to which character was speaking. All in all a very satisfying ``read.''

Duplisity

Great story line. One of the best stories I have ever encounterd, bit remorseful when it ended.