Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al-Qaeda

He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5.

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He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5.

Agent Storm - My Life Inside al-Qaeda by Morten Storm. Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadist. A 6'1" red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens with a biker gang or in jail. But after converting to Islam he embarked on a transformation that led from a militant madrassa in Yemen to a close friendship with Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric who would emerge as al-Qaeda's greatest threat to the West. Then Storm's story took another dramatic twist. He lost his faith and was recruited by the CIA, MI6 and MI5, becoming a double agent. His ultimate mission: to bring down his mentor al-Awlaki. This is the searing memoir of a man who sought purpose in a community of believers before rejecting their extremist ideology. In a quest for atonement he lived undercover for five years, travelling the world to complete high profile missions. As well as single-handedly thwarting multiple terrorist attacks, he led the intelligence services to some of al-Qaeda's most dangerous terrorists, all the while knowing his own life was expendable. Agent Storm takes readers inside the Jihadist world like never before, showing the daily life of zealous men set on mass murder: from dodging drones with al-Qaeda leaders in the Arabian desert to Jihadist gyms in Birmingham. It also gives a rare look inside the world's most powerful spy agencies, including their tradecraft, after-hours carousing - and their ruthless use of a beautiful blonde in a honey trap. Filled with hair-raising close calls, coded messages and chilling duplicity, Agent Storm is a captivating real-life thriller.

As the links with the gunmen in the terrorist attacks in France and Morten Storm’s mentor al-Awlaki come to light, this title – sadly - is more topical than ever.
As the world recovers from the Charlie Hebdo atrocity, more is being discovered about the back story of the attackers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi.
They trained in Yemen, in the same Al-Qaeda camp as our Morten Storm, author of AGENT STORM – the Al-Qaeda spy turned double agent hero. Their mentor and financier was extremist preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, who was a father figure to Morten.
As the brothers spoke to French police during the hostage standoff, they declared one of their motives was to avenge Awlaki – who was killed in a CIA drone strike led by none other than Morten Storm.
Morten has been back on the media over the last few days, including: BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, BBC Radio 5 Breakfast News, Al Jazeera, The Sun (interview), and in the US the New York Times, USA Today, and a raft of TV stations.

‘A spy-thriller written in spy-thriller prose. . . There are not others [books] in which the main protagonist has also played such an extensive role for western security services, and, more crucially, is prepared to reveal so much’ Jason Burke, Guardian
‘A rollicking read and a rare insider’s account of Western spying in the age of al-Qaeda, where the risk if exposed is not Cold War-style expulsion but gruesome execution’ New York Times
‘Reads like a first-rate spy thriller, but it is in fact a stunning and true inside account of the workings, personalities and mindsets of the leaders and operatives of al-Qaeda . . . indispensable’ Washington Times
‘You couldn't make it up . . . Agent Storm couldn't really be less like Bond’ Christina Lamb, Sunday Times
‘This book reads like a screenplay for a James Bond movie written by Joel and Ethan Coen. Storm’s story has such immediacy that it seems to have leapt from yesterday’s headlines’ Washington Post
‘The most detailed, compelling, and human look at modern espionage in the lethal world of jihadist terrorism that we are likely to get. Truly gripping’ Mark Stout, former CIA officer and Director, Global Security Studies, Johns Hopkins University
‘An astonishing and unknown tale of the exploits, change of allegiances, double crosses and inner workings of al Qaeda terrorist groups and the Western intelligence agencies charged with stopping them. Hard to put down’ Mitch Silber, former Director of Intelligence Analysis at the NYPD and author of The Al Qaeda Factor
‘Gripping, nerve-shredding, terrifying’ Daily Mail
‘Chilling. Homeland’s Sergeant Brody come to life’ GQ