A Hostile Place was inspired by actual events and some personal experience. But it is a work of fiction; all portrayals of military and paramilitary forces, intelligence officers,their agents, Afghans and their friends and relatives as well as Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders and fighters are imaginary.

 For Thomas Morgan, the September 11th attacks on Hew Yorkand Washington provide an opportunity to keep one step ahead of the law.

 With a broken marriage, two children and an overdraft,the former soldier, sometime spy and occasional thief,finds a new market for his skills - in Afghanistan, tracking down Taliban and al Qaeda fugitives. And when the world"s most wanted man disappears, Morgan"s talents as a bounty hunter command a much higher premium.

 Washington offers $25 million for its arch foe - dead or alive.But only one man knows how to find him, and only Morgan has the expertise and grit to get close enough to kill him.Trouble is, the two men are enemies...