The Disciples (novel)

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The Disciples
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Author Joe Andrew,
V.C. Andrews
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Spy thriller, Fiction
Published6 July 1993 Simon & Schuster (US)
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages432 p
ISBN 978-0-671-79599-3 (US)

The Disciples is a 1993 spy thriller by Joe Andrew, who was chairman of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, and V.C. Andrews. [1]

Contents

Plot

From the bookjacket

"After a recruiter for the National Security Agency goes AWOL, NSA information analyst T.C. Steele must track her down."

Reception

Critical reception for The Disciples was mixed. Kirkus Reviews called the book "An engrossing thriller--and first novel--that displays a firm grasp of conspiracy theory". [2] Publishers Weekly wrote that although the book had "a few good twists and a clean prose style", it had "little here to recommend". [1]

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