SCORPION'S GATE (NOVEL)

'The Scorpion's Gate' is a geopolitical thriller by former United States intelligence and counterterrorism official Richard A. Clarke.[1] It is his first novel, but not his first book — unlike his non-fiction policy books this is an attempt to convey vital foreign policy ideas through fiction. The subtitle on the cover reads "Sometimes you can tell more truth through fiction.".

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A coup in Saudi Arabia topples the sheiks and installs a Islamic government in its place. The weakness of the new government, combined with the oil riches of the country, attracts attention from all over the world as the larger, oil-hungry countries, attempt to realign the map of the Middle East.