Hostile Intent [Kindle Edition]

Michael Walsh (Author)

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Product Description

It starts with the unthinkable--the most horrific act of violence ever committed on American soil.

Only one man can stop them.

Hostile Intent

Code named Devlin, he exists in the blackest shadows of the United States government--operating off the grid as the NSA's top agent. He's their most lethal weapon. . .and their most secret. But someone is trying to draw him out into the open by putting America's citizens in the crosshairs--and they will continue the slaughter until they get what they want.

"Six pages into Hostile Intent and I began to feel uneasy. By page nine I'd been punched in the gut. And it just doesn't stop." --Bill Whittle, author of Silent America

"The Vince Flynn for the 21st Century is here!" --John Fasano, producer of Another 48 Hours and Darkness Falls

"Hostile Intent kept me up most of the night. Hold on, is all I can tell you." --Jay Nordlinger, National Review

"Compelling, fast, honest and dangerous" --Robert Ferrigno

"Walsh knows what he's up to." --USA Today

"Six pages into Hostile Intent and I began to feel uneasy. By page nine I'd been punched in the gut. And it just doesn't stop." --Bill Whittle, author of Silent America

"Hostile Intent is audacious in the extreme, and a lot of fun." --FrontPageMag.com

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 586 KB
• Print Length: 417 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0786020423
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books (August 24, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002KS3ASO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,859 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

With five critically acclaimed novels, as well as a hit TV movie, journalist, author and screenwriter Michael Walsh has achieved the writer's trifecta: two New York Times best-sellers, a major literary award and, as co-writer, the Disney Channel's then-highest-rated show.

The 1998 publication of As Time Goes By -- his long-awaited and controversial prequel/sequel to everybody's favorite movie, Casablanca -- created a literary sensation; translated into more than twenty languages, including Portuguese, Chinese and Hebrew, the story of Rick and Ilsa landed on best-seller lists around the world.

His first novel, the dark thriller Exchange Alley, was published by Warner Books in July 1997. Hailed by critics for its moody depiction of a crumbling Soviet Union - which Walsh covered first-hand as a correspondent for Time Magazine - and a violent, dangerous New York City during the darkest days of the early 1990s, the novel was picked by the Book-of-the-Month Club as an alternate selection.

Walsh's third novel, the gripping gangster saga, And All the Saints, was named a winner at the 2004 American Book Awards; even before publication, the movie rights to this fictionalized "autobiography" of the legendary Prohibition-era gangster Owney Madden was bought by MGM.

His 2009 novel, Hostile Intent, the first in a series of five thrillers about the National Security Agency to be published by Kensington Books, was an Amazon Kindle #1 bestseller, as well as a New York Times bestseller. The eagerly awaited sequel, Early Warning, will be published in Sept.

In the spring of 2002, the Disney Channel premiered Walsh's original movie (co-written with Gail Parent), Cadet Kelly, starring teen idol Hilary Duff of "Lizzie McGuire" fame. Until High School Music, the two-hour film reigned as the highest-rated original movie in Disney Channel history, as well as the Disney Channel's highest-rated single program ever.

Walsh is also the author of Who's Afraid of Classical Music (1989) and Who's Afraid of Opera (1994) for Fireside Books, and Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works, a critical biography of the composer for Harry M. Abrams (U.S.) and Viking Penguin (U.K.), published in the fall of 1989; an updated and expanded edition appeared in 1997. With fellow TIME Contributor Richard Schickel, he is the co-author of Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years, a cultural history of the great American concert hall published by Abrams in November 1987. His most recent book about music is So When Does the Fat Lady Sing?, published by Amadeus Press.

Customer Reviews

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36 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely loved it!!, August 30, 2009

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karmaqueen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hostile Intent (Kindle Edition)

I loved this book!!! I could not believe it was free, and as I read it, I kept thinking that it was as good or better than most of the spy/thriller that I had purchased for 9.99 or more. The action is fast paced, and it hooked me almost inmediately.
I am puzzled by some of the reviews that state that the author used intricate vocabulary. I only read the reviews after finishing the book, and I can honestly say that I did NOT find the language contrived or anything different from other fast paced Action/Thrillers.
If you love and wait patiently for the newest Thrillers, get this book. You have nothing to lose (its free), and will be on the edge of your seat for the whole ride. I looked up the author, and was willing to buy full price, but it seems that this is his first (and only) novel of this genre.

48 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-Paced and Well-Written, August 28, 2009

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D. Buxman "A Seeker of Truth" (Pueblo, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hostile Intent (Kindle Edition)

Hostile Intent is an excellent book that grabbed my attention from the first few pages and didn't let go. Oftentimes in this genre, the author attempts to introduce a legion of characters and settings in such a whirlwind of activity that I have trouble keeping everything straight. In this instance, while the book maintains the convention of several key characters and simultaneous scenes, I found the organization coherent enough to keep track and maintain my interest in each of the various plot lines. The pace was exciting enough to keep me reading well into the wee hours of the morning. This book is well worth the price (free as of this review) and, more importantly, worth the time it takes to read it. In the current political environment, I wouldn't say this book is politically correct, but it is a page turner.

38 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Tom Clancy, August 31, 2009

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Bob Williams "Bob" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hostile Intent (Kindle Edition)

I found this book riveting, and couldn't put it down.

The central character - Devlin - is a wonderful creation. A real American hero. The kind of guy that Jack Nicholson was talking about in A Few Good Men when he said "You want me on that wall."

I find some of the comments here - both political and technical - widely off the mark.

If you believe that all our problems are going to disappear by singing kumbaya, then this isn't a book for you. But guys like Devlin will protect you anyway.

And so far as the questions concerning the Large Hadron Collider go, well... I'm in this business. And he's right: Like the SETI project (the search for extra-terrestrial life software that you can download onto your computer) Hadon is networked in a way to both use - and allow for - massively linked supercomputing.

Walsh's writing is smart, interesting, and incisive. He's not aiming for the New York Review of Books here. But he does provide you with the kind of storytelling and subject matter that Hollywood refuses to provide these days. And in this regard, he scores a bulls eye.