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.Fiction Review: The Disciples
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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.

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called the book "An engrossing thriller--and first novel--that displays a firm grasp of conspiracy theory".THE DISCIPLES By Joseph J. Andrew
Kirkus Reviews

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wrote that although the book had "a few good twists and a clean prose style", it had "little here to recommend".

References

External links

Joe Andrew CNN biography
American spy novels 1993 American novels {{1990s-spy-novel-stub