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    <body><![CDATA[Another excellent addition to the John Wells saga.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[#2 John Wells spy thriller in which two incidents, one in Afghanistan and the other involving China and North Korea, entwine to bring about potential disaster. John goes into Afghanistan on a mission to find out who is helping the Taliban. The usual ragtag bands of guerrillas are noticed to be more ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32908571">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This second book by Alex Berenson is a 3 1/2 star. I enjoyed it as much as I did his first book. In this one, John Wells is up against problems with China, Korea and Afghanistan. <br/><br/>It kept me turning pages eagerly to the end. But this one, unlike his first, made me think that it was comple...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57940311">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have been looking for a new author with the appeal of Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth and Tom Clancy [without the exhausting mountains of detail:] then try Alex Berenson.  This is the second book for his John Wells character.  The work is so current, interesting and very fast moving.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In an exciting CIA spy novel that moves at breakneck speed, deep-cover agent John Wells follows the trail of a CIA mole that has brought the west to the edge of war with China.  Wells is another fictional super hero that’s too good to be true but the book is well written and excitement prevails.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Closest thing I have read to the Larry Bond world war thrillers, with a Chinese plot to become world dominant by using pawns like Iran and North Korea.  Recovering superagent John Wells gets in the middle and helps save the one man with proof of China's complicity in staging conflicts to undermine A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62758591">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm going to postpone reading/listening to this. I borrowed the audio book from the library and a lot of CDs have scratches. I wish some of the borrowers would be more careful.<br/>Anyway, I'm going to postpone this or maybe borrow a book instead.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Liked the first book by this author and was pleased with this one as well.  Love the John Wells character.  It's a well written and fast paced terrorism themed novel.     ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice little spy novel with some interesting takes on China, Iran, North Korea.  scary stuff- Berenson writes for the Ny Times and has been in Iraq-wonder how much is true]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved The Faithful Spy, and certainly wasn't disappointed in this second John Wells novel.  Great plotting and the story really movies along.  Lots of espionage fun.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hero from The Faithful Spy returns - this time in a scary but believable plot that involves North Korea and China and a long running CIA mole.  Fast read. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As a spy/thriller book enjoyer, I had never read anything by this author.  I really enjoyed it and will go back and read the first in this series.]]></body>
    
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