His novel, "The Scorpion Gate," will be published in October by Putnam Adult. The studio hopes the film adaptation will be the first in a series of John Clancy-style political thrillers. The project will be produced by former studio chief John Calley.
The realistic geopolitical thriller is set five years in the future as oil-hungry forces in Washington are ready to reshape the map of the Middle East to further their own ends by launching a global nuclear war. The plot involves a fictional takeover of the House of Saud by extremists.
Clarke turned to fiction after writing his 2004 best-seller, "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror," which assessed the anti-terrorism efforts of the past four presidential administrations, all of which he worked in.
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