Allah's Scorpion: a novel by David Hagberg

Nuclear destruction of Washington averted**** June 22, 2007

Former CIA Director Kirk McGarvey is back in this fast-paced thriller. al-Qaeda launches an attack on Camp Echo at Guantanomo Bay to snatch four Iranian naval officers because bin Laden needs a naval crew for his latest plot. Cut next to Venezuela where former British Royal Navy submarine captain named Rupert Graham impersonates a Russian captain and takes command of an oil tanker. He proceeds in an attempt to block the Panama Canal but is thwarted by Kirk McGarvey who has been brought back in an attempt to foil al-Qaeda.

But this is only the first shoe. bin Laden has arranged to get a nuclear submarine from Libya and nuclear missiles from Russian black market. MCGarvey and his sidekick Gloria Ebenez go to Pakistan to track down bin Laden. They don't succeed but back in the States McGarvey figures out that the target is Washington. Any more details would spoil your read. Enjoy!