The Thirteenth Second: a 9/11 Novel

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.