Empire of Lies
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| Author | Andrew Klavan |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | July 1, 2008 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-15-101223-7 |
Empire of Lies is a 2008 thriller novel written by screenwriter and Edgar-winner Andrew Klavan.
The book is a thriller in which the protagonist and narrator Jason Harrow confronts both the death of his mentally-ill mother and the consequences of his past life. In so doing, he comes to believe he has stumbled on evidence of an Islamist terrorist plot in New York City, though he often doubts whether the plot is real or he is going insane like his mother. Although he repeatedly struggles with his own moral weaknesses, Harrow is a politically conservative Christian, and his efforts to expose the suspected plot bring him into conflict with the police, entertainment industry, academia, and the news media—the "Empire of Lies" in the book's title.
