The Sword of Mohammad - Paperback

by Joseph Ragonese (Author)

One good police story from beginning to end. When Islamic terrorist bring an atomic bomb to Chicago, it will be the local police that must deal with it. In complete secrecy, an atomic bomb, intended to annihilate millions, is discovered by gang crimes detectives after making a drug arrest. They confirm that it's in town but haven't a clue where. Their efforts to locate the bomb, before it destroys their city, lead them from clue to clue, where fanatics would rather die than provide any information. They are also willing to kill to protect that information. Join these dedicated detectives as they chase down lead after lead, getting into gunfights and chases, while facing danger at every stop along the way in their efforts to save Chicago. Meanwhile, a patrol officer makes a traffic stop on a subject who is found carrying the detonator to explode the atomic bomb. While interrogating this suspect it is learned that there are two detonators. Following leads on the second detonator detectives confirm that the bomb is now ready to explode. The federal government gets involved, but are paralyzed at the top trying to decide how to proceed in using the necessary means to extract information from the only man who can provide that information, the man arrested with the detonator. A time line is learned through interrogation and only hours are left before the nuke goes off. Political considerations hamstring investigators until there is no more time left. Detectives work frantically to elicit information from the suspect. What would you do to learn where that bomb is before it kills everyone and everything that you know and love? The countdown begins.

Author Biography

About the Author The "Sword of Mohammad" is the story of an atomic bomb planted in the City of Chicago. Islamic terrorists hide a bomb somewhere in the city and want it to explode without anyone knowing about it until the mushroom cloud fills the horizon from Michigan to Wisconsin. The plot is exposed by Chicago gang crimes detectives. The story of a bomb in Chicago may be an international incident, but it is a local problem that requires good police work to save the city. "The Sword of Mohammad" is the story of those police efforts. From the first knowledge of the bomb's existence, through developing leads, following-up on those leads, interrogating witnesses, to locating the bomb itself; this story is told exactly as it would happen in real life. Joseph Ragonese is uniquely qualified to tell this tale. Joe became a police officer in 1968, joining the City of Palos Heights Police Department in Illinois. In 1969 he moved to the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department (Chicago, Illinois). Joe retired in 2005, after a 36 year career where he worked the streets, learning exactly what it takes to be a police officer. During those 36 years Joe spent 12 in the patrol division, 12 as a detective, having been in the State's Attorney Office, Narcotics, Recidivism and Organized Crime, Special Operations and Fugitive Warrant Divisions and his last 12 years on the job was spent in the Gang Crimes Unit. The incidents portrayed in this book reflect his personal experience, insight and knowledge of working the streets. Joe's abilities to tell the story began after college, where he majored in Mass Media Communications. He began writing as a freelance journalist in 1977 and has never stopped. Today Joe is the publisher and editor of Generations the Magazine, where he writes the stories of those who build our nation, one generation at a time. The author truly enjoyed writing The Sword of Mohammad and would really like to know what you thought. Let him know at Joe@WriterWorks.org.