The Thirteenth Second: a 9/11 Novel
Carl H. Torrson
- A
- terrorist—torn
- between
- fanaticism
- and
- his
- will
- to
- live.
Two
- sisters—in
- the
- wrong
- place
- at
- the
- wrong
- time.
Ten
- days
- in
- September
- that
- lead
- to
- disaster.The
- eleventh
- Day
- that
- changes
- the
- world.September,
- 2001.
- Sisters
- Kathleen
- and
- Suzanne
- Dean
- travel
- enthusiastically
- to
- New
- York
- to
- begin
- their
- internships
- at
- the
- World
- Trade
- Center.
- But
- soon
- their
- stay
- is
- disrupted
- by
- disturbing
- encounters,
- and
- emails
- from
- an
- anonymous
- sender.Jamal,
- a
- young
- jihadist,
- arrives
- in
- the
- United
- States.
- Along
- with
- other
- fighters,
- he
- is
- chosen
- to
- deal
- America
- a
- blow
- it
- will
- never
- forget.
- He
- knows
- only
- one
- thing:
- he
- will
- die
- in
- the
- process.
- But
- when
- he
- meets
- the
- Dean
- sisters,
- his
- faith
- is
- shaken.
- The
- closer
- the
- big
- day
- gets,
- the
- more
- fiercely
- the
- battle
- rages
- within
- him,
- between
- his
- duty
- as
- a
- holy
- warrior
- and
- his
- will
- to
- live.While
- the
- jihadists
- prepare
- for
- "Holy
- Tuesday,"
- the
- sisters
- go
- about
- their
- work
- in
- the
- towers
- of
- the
- WTC—unaware
- of
- the
- deadly
- danger
- that
- threatens
- them
- out
- of
- the
- blue.Relentlessly,
- inexorably,
- the
- fates
- of
- the
- young
- people
- drift
- toward
- each
- other…The
- 9/11
- novel
- about
- one
- of
- the
- greatest
- tragedies
- of
- our Time.
