A Hole in the Apple

Award-winning CBS Radio Network News Anchor Harley Carnes brings to life a terrifying story of terrorism's return to New York and America.

A horrifying marriage of radical Islamic terror with a South American drug cartel gives a feared radical Islamic terror cell what it needs most, a network of logistical support in North America. The criminal plot is to destroy the city with rampant fear, extort billions and leave U.S. Homeland Security in disarray. The backdrops for this evil union of terror and drugs are the politics of today and the hard, perhaps impossible choices that would bedevil the leaders of a great city and nation.

Ex-CIA Agent John Boulder, uniquely knows the quarry, Hassan al Rashid, and is called back by the Agency to join the critical effort to track him down and stop his terror plot. The story takes us above and below ground, onto the ocean and into the skies overhead. However, a diabolical conundrum remains for the leaders of New York and the nation. Can the truth be told without destroying the city with fear from within - or is an expedient and deadly lie the best choice?

A Hole in the Apple is a story that flows directly out of the headlines of today, with a plot more sinister and more terrifying than mere airplanes into buildings, or big bombs on street corners. Readers will be left to ponder disturbing real world questions. What would my elected leaders choose to do? What can America do to stop this very real threat? And could this calamitous, paralyzing scenario happen tomorrow?