Glasshouse

When CIA analyst Jennifer Flanagan lands at the Glasshouse, the US military’s operations center in Baghdad, she knows she has her work cut out for her. A powerful Iraqi resistance movement, brutal daily urban warfare, and shifting loyalties make the region an intelligence nightmare. To make sense of it all Jennifer, her colleagues, their allies in Britain and France, along with the Iraqis, must all work together to achieve a common goodwhatever that may be. But who can she ultimately trust?

From Baghdad to Kabul to Amman, this is an astonishingly vivid and timely narrative that takes us into the heart of US military operations in the Middle East. A nuanced military thriller with a female twist; for lovers of Tom Clancy and Scott McEwen.

Buddhika B. Jayamaha is a PhD candidate in political science at Northwestern University. He previously served in the US Army as an airborne infantryman and is a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division. Jayamaha is currently conducting his dissertation research in Iraq, Turkey, Nepal, and Somalia. His research focuses on state-paramilitary relations, politics of state building, and insurgent decision making. His commentary and analysis on the Middle East have appeared in publications like theNew York Times and Sentinel magazine. This is his first novel.