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    Iranian Scorpion

    By William Peace

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    Robert Dawson, an agent of the Drug Enforcement Agency, is sent to Afghanistan to stop the flow of heroin made from the country’s biggest crop, opium.With the help of Kate Conway, a freelance journalist, and Vizier Ashraf, a shadowy Taliban leader, Robert is disguised as an opium field hand. In Helmand Province he learns the secrets of the Afghan drug trade, and illegally enters Iran with his "boss" and a fifteen-year-old chemist.The principal buyer is known as The Scorpion. A sale of 25 kg of heroin is completed and traced to New York City, where a bust is made. Furious, The Scorpion orders Robert captured and executed.Robert’s father, General David Dawson, is in Tehran on assignment with the International Atomic Energy Agency investigating Iran’s use of nuclear energy. Learning of Robert’s reported execution, he vows to assassinate The Scorpion, who is also a provincial governor of Iran.Intrigue and surprise dominate the conclusion of the fascinating story The Iranian Scorpion.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM-Y Books
    Release dateDec 12, 2014
    ISBN9781625164384
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    William Peace

    William Peace is a retired business executive and management consultant. He is American and is married to an Italian chef. He has travelled widely and lives in Wandsworth, London. This is his ninth novel. Other Novels by William Peace Fishing in Foreign Seas Sin & Contrition Efraim’s Eye The Iranian Scorpion Hidden Battlefields Sable Shadow & The Presence Seeking Father Khaliq Achieving Superpersonhood: Three East African Lives

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      General David Dawson goes after the Provincial Governor of Iran, also known as the Scorpion, when he is told that his son Robert was captured and executed on the Scorpion's orders. Robert was a DEA agent that was sent to Afghanistan to stop the flow of opium into the United States. To do so, David has to follow the drugs and money to the very end.Torture is a means to the end.