11 9 2001: Christian fundamentalists hijackfour jetliners. They fly two into theTigris &
Euphrates World Trade Towersin Baghdad and a third into the ArabDefense Ministry in Riyadh.
The fourthplane believed to be bound for Mecca isbrought down by its passengers. The
UnitedArab States declares a War on Terror. Arabianand Persian troops invade the
EasternSeaboard and establish a Green Zone inWashington D.C. . . . Summer 2009: Arab Homeland
Securityagent Mustafa al Baghdadi interrogatesa captured suicide bomber. The prisonerclaims
that the world they are living in isa mirage--in the real world America is asuperpower and
the Arab states are just acollection of backward third-world countries.Other captured
terrorists have beentelling the same story. The gangster Saddam Hussein is conductinghis own
investigation. And the headof the Senate Intelligence Committee--awar hero named Osama bin
Laden--willstop at nothing to hide the truth. As Mustafaand his colleagues venture deeper into
theunsettling world of terrorism politics andespionage they are confronted with
questionswithout any rational answers andthe terrifying possibility that their world isnot
what it seems.
