Characters
Teenage boy of Persian descent that lives in Phoenix.
Who is Kamran?
Darius' video clues stem from these.
What are childhood games/stories?
Country where Darius is stationed when he is kidnapped or goes rogue.
What is Afghanistan?
Darius and Kamran spend their childhood in this city.
What is Phoenix, Arizona?
Aaliyah is seriously offended when Kamran mocks this.
What is Aaliyah's Backstreet Boys t-shirt?
Beautiful Jordanian princess turned CIA consultant.
Who is Aaliyah?
First clue that Kamran detects.
What is Rostam in the cave of the Sith Lord?
Country where Haydar Ansari was born, and whose distant cousin Sadam Hussein ruled.
What is Iraq?
Location where Kamran is "hosted" as a "guest of the United States."
What is the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C.?
Hagan's favorite Harry Potter book.
What is Goblet of Fire?
His brother fought for the IRA.
Who is Mickey Hagan?
Darius replicates the childhood "knock" codes in the videos by doing this.
What is wagging his finger?
A US Embassy is attacked in this country at the beginning of the book.
What is Turkey?
Kendall Food Services operates out of a distribution center in this city and state.
What is Nashville, Tennessee?
"Big and small numbers stacked horizontally and vertically in all different kind of fonts."
IP addresses of every super-secure site Jimmy has hacked and are tattooed on his arm.
A hacker turned "cracker" when he broke into the Department of Defense.
Who is Jimmy?
The mountains Kamran recognizes in a video.
What are the Superstition Mountains?
What is Syria?
This city is where Conor, Mickey's brother, becomes a "fair hooligan."
What is Belfast?
This character from Kamran and Darius' childhood stories gets trapped in "truck mode" and is sacrificed with Rostam to save the city.
Who is Optimus Prime?
A dishonorably discharged Green Beret.
Who is Dane?
Trademarks of Haydar Ansari.
What are intricate plots/misdirection/false clues/plans within a plan?
Persians are _______ Muslims and Al-Qaeda are _______ Muslims.
What are Shi'a and Sunni?
According to Hagan, this country is part of the "nuclear club" even though they won't say if they have nukes or not.
What is Israel?
Classic movie Jimmy references where Matthew Broderick hacks into the Pentagon.
What is WarGames?