The Basque Dilemma

De: M. Bryce Ternet

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Five years of peace. One man's rage. And a bomb that changes everything.

When an explosion tears through the 59th floor of the Montparnasse Tower in Paris, thirty people are dead before the smoke clears. The world blames Islamic extremists. But FBI Special Agent John Gibson has seen this kind of violence before and he knows exactly where it leads. Back to the Basque Country. Back to ETA. Back to Sebastian Parker.

Parker walked away from the CIA to build a quiet life in the rolling hills of the French Basque Country with his Basque wife and her intensely nationalist family. He bought a three-hundred-year-old farmhouse in the village of Sare. He learned to buy his bread from the local baker and his cheese from the village fromagerie. He almost convinced himself he was safe.

He was wrong.

A dangerous radical has come out of retirement with one goal. Reignite the fire. Make the world pay attention again. And if innocent people have to die to make that happen, so be it.

Now Gibson is on a plane to Paris with no briefing, no backup, and one name in his head. Parker. Because someone close to Parker is not who they claim to be. And the secrets buried in the Basque Country do not stay buried forever.

From the smoky cafes of Paris where Hemingway used to drink, to the ancient whitewashed farmhouses of the Pays Basque, to the backroom negotiations of French and American intelligence agencies, The Basque Dilemma is a relentless international political thriller that
refuses to let go.

Authentic. Suspenseful. Deeply human.

M. Bryce Ternet spent his formative years living in the French Basque Country and brings a rare insider's eye to one of Europe's most misunderstood and enduring conflicts. The Basque Dilemma is not just a thriller. It is a window into a world most readers never knew existed and will never forget once they enter it.

Fans of Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn, Dolores Redondo, and John le Carre will feel immediately at home and completely off balance.

Featured on the Smithsonian Journeys recommended reading list for France and Spain's
Basque Region.