ABOUT THE BOOK

Third in the Code Word series, Code Word: Persepolis anticipates headlines as Iran’s uneasy neighbors maneuver to resist a new era of Persian dominance while America and China carry their own rivalry to the region. It sweeps from fighter cockpits to the Situation Room to Capitol Hill, from Washington to Tel Aviv to Tehran, pulling readers into the lives and struggles of warriors and leaders. Readers pull Gs in the deadly swirl of aerial combat, sweat alongside the captain during a dangerous feint and parry between Iranian missile boats and an American destroyer, and experience a reckoning between two grizzled warriors facing both each other and the march of time.

“As realistic as it is exciting, Code Word: Persepolis propels readers from the tip of the spear to the White House to tense meetings in Mid-East capitals. Intriguing characters, spot-on dialogue, and a plot that travels the thin, twisting line between war and peace kept me turning pages and remembering the men and women I served with.”

— Rear Admiral Greg Nosal, USN (Ret.), strike fighter pilot and Carrier Strike Group Commander