Madame Terror, Jan Guillou's new novel, is an adventure and espionage thriller that begins after the accident involving the Russian submarine Kursk. In the episode, an American submarine launches a torpedo at the Russian vessel, sinking it and killing 188 sailors. But what most people don't know is that, at the time, Russia was testing a new marine technology already feared throughout the West. Upon discovering this information, the Palestinians see a chance to get their hands on a powerful Russian submarine and carry out the largest terrorist attack humanity has ever seen. The mission to negotiate and organize the attack falls to Palestinian Brigadier General and spy Mouna al-Husseini. The leader will be secret agent Carl Hamilton, a Swedish vice admiral who was imprisoned for crimes against his own country. To carry out the plan, the Palestinians, with the help of revenge-hungry Russians, develop the most modern and deadly submarine ever created. The target: the Israeli naval base in Haifa. When the US discovers the Arabs' plans, a political battle begins between Mouna and the then-US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Unlike novels with similar themes, Madame Terror approaches the US-Arab world issue from the perspective of the latter, specifically, the Palestinian. A best-selling book in Sweden in 2006, Madame Terror is considered by Swedish critics to be the biggest entertainment bestseller ever released in the country.
