The Fourth Branch [Hardcover]

Josef Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Bobby Rodrigues and his CIA mentor Andy Metz have critical information on Al-Qahar terrorists who found their mark in Washington D.C. But when Metz?

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About the Author

Josef Wilson was born in Houston, Texas and now resides in the Washington DC suburbs of Northern Virginia. The Fourth Branch is his first novel. A second, White Lies, Fools Gold has been completed, and he is currently working on his third. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Quiet Storm Books (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971429677
• ISBN-13: 978-0971429673
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,895,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed to hold the reader's rapt and total attention, December 10, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fourth Branch (Hardcover)

First published in 1999, well before the September 11 attacks, The Fourth Branch is a suspenseful novel by Josef Wilson that echoes present-day reality. Bobby Rodrigues is a CIA agent with inside information on a terrorist organization that is setting its sights on Washington D.C., and when his own mentor is murdered, Rodrigues must turn to a rogue intelligence organization to unravel the shroud concealing a brutal and demonic conspiracy. The Fourth Branch is a chilling story, adroitly told, and guaranteed to hold the reader's rapt and total attention from first page to last.

5.0 out of 5 stars Speechless..., September 16, 2001

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Clint Gaige (Corpus Christi, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fourth Branch (Paperback)

This book is on par with ANYTHING Clancy has put out there! After the crisis America has just gone through, this book feels lifted from the headlines. I'm just utterly out of words to explain how hard this book hits and how important a read this book is. Find this book and read it soon!

4.0 out of 5 stars Shades of Grey in the Middle East, January 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fourth Branch (Paperback)

This is a first novel that presents an interesting look at the Arab-Israeli conflict and how it touches not just Arabs and Palestinians, but people of all nationalities, all over the world. The villians and heroes aren't who you might expect, and one of the key bits of subtext to this book is that the battle over the "Holy Lands" has never really been as holy as we like to believe. The cast of characters is as diverse and motley as the Star Wars cantina theme, with a Portuguese/American CIA operative, a Lebanese/American Navy SEAL, an arrogant Texas oilman, a beautiful Palestinian freedom fighter, and a vicious Texas assassin with strange ties to an eerily familiar first family. If there's a weakness to this book, it's one common to many first novels - too much ambition for the first-time novelist's skill. But the plot is imaginative and will keep you guessing up until the last pages. If you like your heroes and your politics in plain black and white, this one will challenge you. If you like to be educated and entertained at the same time, I think you will really like this one. I guarantee you won't look at the Arab/Israel conflict the same way again!