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Country United States Dewey Decimal 823/.914 20 Followed by Godless Icon | 3.3/5 Goodreads Language English Originally published 1991 Genre Thriller OCLC 24010499 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Pages 392 pp (Hardcover) & 448 pp (Paperback) ISBN 0-06-017971-6 (1st U.S. edition) Gordon Thomas books Gideon's Spies, Shipwreck, Secret Wars: One Hundred, Voyage of the Damned, Seeds of Fire: China and the S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deadly Perfume is a 1991 thriller novel written by Gordon Thomas. It follows Lieutenant Colonel David Morton, a Mossad agent, trying to prevent the international terrorist, Raza, from releasing a highly lethal form of Anthrax.
Contents
Plot summary
David Morton is a Mossad who begins tracking the movements of several Arabs after he intercepts calls about a trade of two million US$ for an unknown item. After tracking their movements into the Chinese jungle he listens to the Arabs and their Chinese contacts and discovers that it is a high probability he is dealing with agents hired by a terrorist, Raza. After killing most of the Arabs and Chinese, but allowing several to escape, Morton discovers that the deal was most likely Raza purchasing a new, highly lethal form of Anthrax; Anthrax B.C. Now Morton must stop Raza from unleashing a terrorist attack which could kill millions and could be initiated anywhere in the world. But he in not able to stop the bombings of three London Hotels including the one where is parents are staying or the accidental release of the "Deadly Perfume" on an entire African village.
Key characters
David Morton: A 49-year-old Mossad agent who has devoted his life to tracking down and killing Raza, who killed his sister. He is described as having fair hair without a trace of gray, perfect vision, a lean and muscular body, and being fairly tall.
Khalil Raza: An international terrorist who withdrew into hiding after two massive failed terrorist attacks.