Submergence

Submergence

2011 • 210 pages

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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-Quaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands.


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Lord knows I love spies, stoic lady scientists, and unnecessary philosophical conversations...but this was kinda boring

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