Morten Storm is a former radical Islamist born in Korsor, Denmark. After plunging deep inside the world of al Qaeda, he became a double agent employed by the American, British, and Danish intelligence agencies. He lives in an undisclosed location.
Paul Cruickshank is CNN's Terrorism Analyst, and the editor of Al Qaeda, a five-volume collection of key scholarly works on the terrorist network.
Tim Lister has worked for CNN and the BBC and has
extensive experience of the Middle East.
A National Bestseller
One of the Guardian's Top Ten Books About Spies "Highly credible. .
. . Both a rollicking read and a rare insider's account of Western
spying in the age of al Qaeda, where the risk if exposed is not
Cold War-style expulsion but gruesome execution. . . . A valuable
window on both sides in a lethal underground war."
--New York Times Book Review "This book reads like a screenplay for
a James Bond movie written by Joel and Ethan Coen. . . . Anyone
interested in the saga of terrorist fanatics will find Agent Storm
compelling."
--Washington Post "Morten Storm has done the Western world a great
service. . . . And by the way, the CIA owes him 5 million
dollars."
--Brian Kilmeade, Fox News "An extraordinary story, well told and
convincing."
--Foreign Affairs "[A] gripping firsthand account . . . . Storm's
work provides valuable and fascinating insight into the quiet
battle being waged between clandestine national agencies and
various terrorist organizations."
--Christian Science Monitor "Agent Storm feels like a James Bond
story or one of John Le Carre's marvelous spy-thrillers. Yet, the
story written by CNN's Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister is a true
account. . . . First-rate."
--War on the Rocks "Morten Storm's account of his nerve-wracking
life spying on Al Qaeda for Western intelligence gives us the most
detailed, compelling, and human look at modern espionage in the
lethal world of jihadist terrorism that we are likely to get. This
ground-level view of the shadowy struggle between these two
clandestine groups is truly gripping."
--Mark Stout, former CIA officer and Director, MA in Global
Security Studies, Johns Hopkins University "Picture Homeland's
Nicholas Brody getting jacked during his time as a POW and you'll
get an idea of Morten Storm, the 6'1", red-haired Dane who went
from unlikely jihadi to double agent. . . . Storm's tale of dodging
drones and navigating alliances may read like a great espionage
thriller (complete with a blonde honey trap), but his deeply
personal struggle with extremism and atonement is the real
story."
--Maxim "Agent Storm is the remarkable memoir of a Danish
convert-turned-extremist who managed not only to infiltrate al
Qaeda's ranks but would later become one of West's most valued
human intelligence assets in the war on terrorism. As a true
spy-story, this book brings you incredibly close to what it
actually takes to be an extremist and get into a terrorist group
while balancing loyalty and treachery in the world of intelligence.
Essential reading for everyone interested in how the war on
terrorism is actually fought in the shadows."
--Dr. Magnus Ranstorp, a leading expert on international terrorism
and Research Director of the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies
at the Swedish National Defence College "Agent Storm opens a unique
window onto bleak interlocking landscapes--the radicalization of
European Muslims that has now been energized by the Syrian civil
war, the leadership and organization of global jihad, and the
twilight struggle waged by western intelligence agencies against an
elusive and implacable enemy."
--Steven Simon, bestselling co-author of The Age of Sacred Terror
and The Next Attack "In Agent Storm, Morten Storm, Paul
Cruickshank, and Tim Lister tell an astonishing and unknown tale of
the exploits, change of allegiances, double crosses and inner
workings of both al Qaeda terrorist groups and the Western
intelligence agencies charged with stopping them. Storm's unlikely
path puts him at the center of much of the al Qae
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