The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Audiobook

Quotes

• “The prose…accurately reflects McDermott’s and Meyer’s top-notch journalistic skills, dedication to research, and laser-sharp attention to detail, and the authors impressively knit together a seemingly endless supply of narrative strands and character aliases…The Hunt for KSM is not only eye-opening investigative reporting, but also a concrete indictment of the continued bureaucratic boondoggle that is the War on Terror.”

  — Boston Globe

• “McDermott and Meyer have released the ultimate primer for those following the September 11 trial. The Hunt for KSM was years in the making, and the book not only seeks to decode KSM just as he is about to return to center stage, but also introduces readers to three people in U.S. law enforcement who seemed to recognize the threat KSM presented before anyone else.”

  — Washington Post

• “The Hunt for KSM is a flat-out thriller…It lays out aspects of our factual contemporary world that are far more ambiguous, internecine, and dangerous than anything Hollywood dare contemplate.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “The two authors of The Hunt for KSM have reconstructed an almost decade-long clandestine manhunt in exacting detail, an undeniably impressive feat of sleuthing. Narrative velocity is not a problem either; from beginning to end, The Hunt for KSM moves along at the brisk pace of a good crime novel.”

  — New York Times

• “This masterful collaboration is a combined biography of KSM and a law enforcement procedural…A remarkable book.”

  — Seattle Times

• “Drawing on unprecedented access to hundreds of sources, and investigative reporting across different continents, The Hunt for KSM provides a unique insight into the worlds of counter terrorism and espionage.”

  — Huffington Post

• “Superlative storytelling and crackling reportage define a pulse-pounding narrative tracing the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed…A surprising, sobering look at one of the deadliest terror networks in history, and the American spy agencies charged with bringing it down.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “A fact-filled inside account, in the voices of those on the job, of the failed decade-long American effort to find KSM before he could strike again. But there is a most important underlying message in this book—that the American intelligence community remains caught up in bureaucratic warfare and remains today incapable of working together…of sharing insights and information…even when all involved share the same goal. This, ultimately, is an account of an American tragedy.”

  — New Yorker

• “Two dogged reporters show a bumbling American intelligence community unable to work together in the at times incompetent hunt for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.”

  — Daily Beast

• “A dramatic account of how the decade-long persistence and hard work of FBI and CIA investigators eventually succeeded in tracking and bringing KSM and his associates to justice…An important book.”

  — Washington Times