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1) The broker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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John Grisham delivers another legal thriller of unparalled suspense. With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Blackman has serious enemies from his past. As the CIA watches him closely, the question is not...
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Durante sus horas finales en la Casa Blanca, el presidente saliente concede un perdón de última hora a Joel Backman, corredor de poder notorio que ha pasado seis años en prisión federal por haber comprometido un sistema de vigilancia de satélite. Una vez excarcelado, Backman pasa de contrabando fuera del país, y le dan un nuevo nombre, una nueva identidad, y un nuevo hogar en Italia. Pronto, sin embargo, la Agencia Central de Inteligencia deja...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
To say tht Italy---the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance, & football Americano---holds a few surprises for former NFL player Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.
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Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
One-time Washington power broker Joel Backman who may have acquired secrets to a sophisticated satellite surveillance system is pardoned by the outgoing President under orders from the CIA and is given a new identity in Italy; however, the CIA then reveals his whereabouts to the Israelis, Russians, Chinese, and the Saudis in hopes that someone will assassinate him.
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