Quantico (novel)

Plot synopsis

The story is set after another 9-11 scale terrorist attack on the United States, which occurs on October 4, following the destruction of the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem by a Jewish bomber. New agencies have formed, including the Bureau of Domestic Intelligence and the mysterious BuDark. News of the capture of the 2001 Amerithrax perpetrator is overshadowed the next day by a NUCDET in the Iranian Tactical Area of Responsibility. In this post-10-4 America, homegrown bio-hackers create real viruses, while Sunni factions in Iraq test results on captured Jews and Shiites. Genes are spliced into yeast to create airborne mad cow disease, dispersed by fireworks from a truck. Specific trucks in Mecca during the Hajj are destroyed by steel telephone poles called Rods from God, dropped from orbit and guided by lasers. Israel assassinates extended families of suicide bombers. The House of Saud is overthrown by a US-backed coalition of Arabs in a controlled burn revolution. Liberals in Congress, backed by Madam President and incensed by discovery of patriot files, systematically dismantle the FBI as the final class of agents trains at the FBI Academy on the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia.