TERRORISM, the scourge of humanity, is the predator. When its deadly tentacles reach across the seas to the United States, it's time for the CIA's top troubleshooter, Mickey Cannon, to spring into action with the help of the handsome Mossad agent, Turk. Like a pendulum, the thrills swing back and forth from the middle East to the United States and back again. The AMERICAN INTIFADA has begun. The characters are diverse, poles apart in their beliefs and actions-from the maniacally ambitious SHEIKH JAFFER AL KHALIB, head of the terrorist organization, the RED HAND of ALLAH, and his plan for world domination. His younger brother, KHALED, who hates him and loves..... JASMINE, the Bedouin girl, so beautiful, she could stop traffic, but has a heart as cold as death. GHASSAN, Ghassan, the terrible Ghassan, the ferocious Ghassan the butcher, who would slit a boy's throat for no reason at all, and does. ON THE OTHER SIDE of the coin- SOLOMON BUGALE, the young Ethiopian genius, who came to the Mossad as a boy, but became a man at the sheikh's ranch with the help of..... ANITA BRAUN, the voluptuous singer and exhibitionist, adored by all, and worshiped by the sheikh. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC- DEAN THOMAS BALLARD, young handsome presidential hopeful and Honey, his loving wife. NIKOS THEODORAKIS, Dean's best friend and the future vice-president, who lives his life in light and shadows, and keeps..... OLYMPIA, his wife, subservient, battered, bruised and beaten. VERONICA Curtis, sexy, young, ponytailed, blond sidekick of the CIA's number one agent, Mickey Cannon and determined to become an agent even is she kills him in the process. MICKEY CANNON, rough and rugged, but don't call him Mr. Cannon That was his father's name. A fun, fast adventure thriller, and if you want to know how it all ends, just ask..... PRINCESS LAURA KALAKUA . . . she would be only too happy to tell you | Yalah by Gedalia Melamed, Paperback | Indigo Chapters