The Dark Art: Undercover in the Global War Against Narco-Terrorism - Softcover

Follis, Edward; Century, Douglas

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9781592409440: The Dark Art: Undercover in the Global War Against Narco-Terrorism

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ISBN 10: 159240944X ISBN 13: 9781592409440

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2015

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The electrifying, often harrowing memoir of a highly decorated DEA agent who targeted the world's most notorious narco-terrorists through the "dark art" of undercover operations.

Edward Follis bought eightballs of coke in a red Corvette.

He negotiated multimillion-dollar deals onboard private King Airs.

He developed covert relationships with men who were not only international drug traffickers but--in some cases--operatives for Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Shan United Army, or the Mexican Federation of cartels.

He was a master at the dark art of going undercover.

And this is his story...

Spanning five continents and filled with harrowing stories about the world's most ruthless drug lords and terrorist networks, The Dark Art is an incredible first hand account of Edward Follis's twenty-seven-year undercover career in the DEA--from doing street-level busts evocative of Miami Vice to using high-resolution-optics surveillance and classified cutting-edge technology to bring down narco-terror kingpins. It also closely examines how, from the early 1990s to today, the DEA underwent its own radical transformation, shifting its focus from local dealers of coke and weed to the billionaire financiers of worldwide terrorism.

Every word is true, and every story is documented. A globe-hopping nonfiction thriller, The Dark Art is a page-turning memoir that will electrify you from page one.

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Review:

"A knockout."--William Queen, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Under and Alone"

"[Follis] gives fresh meaning to the phrase 'gung-ho'...Explosive."--"Financial Times"

""The Dark Art" has the fast pace and rough-and-ready style that one would expect of the non-fiction police action genre."--"The Times of London"

"A knockout." William Queen, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Under and Alone"

[Follis] gives fresh meaning to the phrase gung-ho ...Explosive. "Financial Times"

"The Dark Art" has the fast pace and rough-and-ready style that one would expect of the non-fiction police action genre. "The Times of London""

The cast of characters [Follis] met could populate a movie set. Malcolm Gladwell, "The New Yorker"
"A knockout." William Queen, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Under and Alone"

[Follis] gives fresh meaning to the phrase gung-ho ...Explosive. "Financial Times"

"The Dark Art" has the fast pace and rough-and-ready style that one would expect of the non-fiction police action genre. "The Times of London""

-The cast of characters [Follis] met could populate a movie set.---Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker
-A knockout.---William Queen, New York Times bestselling author of Under and Alone

-[Follis] gives fresh meaning to the phrase 'gung-ho'...Explosive.---Financial Times

-The Dark Art has the fast pace and rough-and-ready style that one would expect of the non-fiction police action genre.---The Times of London

"The cast of characters [Follis] met could populate a movie set."--Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker

"A knockout."--William Queen, New York Times bestselling author of Under and Alone

"[Follis] gives fresh meaning to the phrase 'gung-ho'...Explosive."--Financial Times

"The Dark Art has the fast pace and rough-and-ready style that one would expect of the non-fiction police action genre."--The Times of London

About the Author:

Since retiring from the DEA, Edward Follis spends much of the year traveling worldwide, offering his consulting expertise in the fields of global security, tactical intelligence, and risk assessment. He has been designated by the U.S. district courts as a certified expert in the subjects of narco-terrorism, international drug trafficking, and global terrorist networks.

Douglas Century is a contributing editor at Tablet magazine and writes regularly for leading national publications. He is the author and coauthor of bestselling books, including Under and Alone, Brotherhood of Warriors, Barney Ross: The Loss of a Jewish Fighter, and Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire. Century is working on a new nonfiction book.

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