Sixty-something Emily Cowan, aka "Amina Desai", is overcoming the aches and pains of passing for the new forty by analyzing terrorist threats for The ISIS Project think tank. While trading information and flirting with death to make the right global connection, she meets student Alina Qureshi, an American Muslim with both a secret and a very hostile father! Into the mix comes the sexy child bride of a terrorist-mastermind hiding out in Pakistan while his outraged senior wife is on her way to the love nest ready to "take out his eyes". Stir in Bibi Gupta, another member of the ISIS Project, whose Chesapeake waterfront home becomes the landing spot for a corpse. Throw in a twist of betrayal and hostage taking and the end result is a lethal cocktail of terror! "Author M. D. Johnson knows her subjects better than most. An Annapolis based researcher and critic with European and Mediterranean roots; she is a noted lecturer on Middle-Eastern Affairs and Women in Terrorism. In both books ("Circle Around The Sun" and "Midnight in Moscow" she spins her knowledge into a tale of international intrigue." - Jane C. Elkin, Author of "World Class" I am indebted to my friends, relatives, readers and the voices behind the veil who have contributed to this book by sharing their experiences and also The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan which so boldly released methods of honor killing which continue to be practiced despite the outcry of women's advocates around the world. While attempting to raise awareness of human rights violations towards women and children in the name of radical religion through my lectures as well as through the ISIS Project Book Series. As a trained observer I have seen the depth women without a voice worldwide must sink into to in order to survive the horrors they endure. I write for them, the women; young, old, honor-bound, captive, loyal, hardened by life yet unable to escape and in doing so have created a group of characters emboldened and bonded by friendship, skill, wisdom and honor based on warriors I have known who can and do make a difference. If, through my work it is possible shed light on the injustices fueled by political agenda, chaos, fear and uncertainty that place freedom under the yolk of organized terror, destabilizing governments and destroying our world then I will continue!  As a woman with conscience, I can do no less! Born in Northern England and world traveled, Annapolis based M. D. Johnson witnessed terrorism explode in Europe in the late sixties and seventies, spiraling again into the chaos of the worldview after 9/11. Now an Annapolis based researcher, critic, investigative writer and noted lecturer she has for over four decades raised public awareness of human rights violations against women and children throughout the Americas, the Middle East, Southwest Asia and Africa. As a columnist and feature writer with TV appearances and broadcasts to her credit she lectures on "Women in Terrorism" and spearheads The Enehey Group, an investigative research consortium. She has written, researched and consulted for The Department of Defense, Action, VISTA, Peace Corps and a White House Task Force. The ISIS Project Spy thriller series has been described as prescient in its assessment of current events. Ms. Johnson's understanding of acts of terror together with the political and religious agenda it empowers as a result enables her to create characters that her reviewers maintain outshine Jason Bourne and James Bond, and who are placed in an accurate historical as well as fictional context set against an international background. As a trained observer she has seen the evil of terrorism, the recruitment techniques used and accurately defined the probable outcome.  A voice of our time; M. D. Johnson has a gift for weaving a great tale into a tapestry of terror with biting wit, candor and firsthand knowledge of her subject, creating spy thriller masterpieces with brilliant casts of characters.