Quantico: A Novel

a Near-future Thriller That Pits Young Fbi Agents Against A Brilliant, Homegrown Terrorist

publishers Weekly

this Thought-provoking Near-future Thriller From Bestseller Bear (dead Lines) Focuses On Two Young Fbi Agents: William Griffin, The Son Of A Legendary Fbi Lawman, Struggles Through Training; Fouad Al-husam, Who Expects Suspicion For His Heritage And Muslim Faith, Finds Himself Instead Sent On Super-secret Missions To The Middle East. Playing A Minor Supporting Role Is Their Quantico Classmate, Jane Rowland. When A Quiet Man With Mismatched Eyes Starts Telling Certain Fanatics That He Can Make Gene-keyed Anthrax To Destroy Their Hereditary Enemies, Griffin And Al-husam Form An Unlikely Team, Headed By Veteran Agent Rebecca Rose, To Handle The Threat. Bear's Near-future Science Is, As Always, Eerily Plausible, And While He Doesn't Stint On Sharp Criticism Of Political Infighting And Its Potential To Hinder Antiterrorism Efforts, His Would-be Terrorists Become Surprisingly Sympathetic As The Complex Details Of Their True Plan Are Slowly (sometimes Too Slowly) Revealed. (mar.)