Submergence
Title:
Submergence
Author:
Ledgard, J. M.
ISBN:
9780099555384
Publication Information:
London : Vintage, 2012
Physical Description:
191 p. ; 20 cm
General Note:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2011.
Abstract:
In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands.
Subject:
| Hostages -- Fiction |
| Undercover operations -- Fiction |
| Women marine biologists -- Fiction |
| Romantic suspense fiction |
Summary:
In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands.