Black Sunday - 25th Anniversary Edition Author:Thomas Harris It is a brilliant, technically flawless plan, conceived for the most part in Michael Lander's partitioned mind. A former Navy pilot and survivor of a Vietnam POW camp, Lander is the ideal candidate for the job. A flyer of exceptional abilities, he is also insane, with his psyche as mangled as his hand -- both casualties of war. It is the ass... more »ignment of Dahlia Iyad, a beautiful PLO operative and fanatic tortured by her own violent memories. She has seduced Lander, but she must make sure that the homicidal maniac inside his brain is contained long enough to bring America to its knees. Major David Kabakov of the Israeli Secret Service, a child of war himself, has been dispatched to pull off the near-impossible: stopping a terrorist strike without knowing who the target or perpetrators are.
With its frighteningly authentic characters and an all-too-plausible plot that hurtles along at a breakneck pace, "Black Sunday" is Thomas Harris's mesmerizing first novel -- the book that heralded him as a powerful and unforgettable new voice in suspense fiction.« less