| Extraordinary Retribution | |
| Author: | Erec Stebbins[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Intel 1 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Political thriller, Conspiracy fiction, Spy fiction |
| Publisher: | Twice Pi Press |
| Pub Date: | 2013 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover, Paperback), ebook(Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook) |
| Pages: | 424 pp (First ed. hardcover) |
| Isbn: | 978-0-98900048-2 |
| Followed By: | The Anonymous Signal |
Extraordinary Retribution is a 2013 thriller novel by biomedical scientist Erec Stebbins, and the second in the Intel 1 Series of thrillers.[2] The novel is about a former special agent who works with the brother of a slain colleague to unravel a series of mysterious assassinations in the CIA.[3] Together, they discover a government coverup of unauthorized extraordinary rendition, torture, and targeted killing while becoming pursued themselves by a killer seeking vengeance to the highest levels of the intelligence community.[4]
Extraordinary Retribution has received mixed reviews. It was called "a whirlwind tour of world politics, interactions, and undercover schemes" by the Midwest Book Review[5] and "an addictive page turner and heart pounding thrill ride" by the Internet Review of Books.[6] Critics labeled it an "amateurish spy revenge thriller" with "clunky prose."[7]