Synopsis Welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home and whisked to the South Mountain missile site, where paramilitary terrorists have taken over a top-secret nuclear facility. The commandos want Jack to cut through a half-ton titanium block to give them access to the launch button. Will Delta Force veteran Dick Puller be able to penetrate state-of-the-art security system and defeat a brilliant, evil enemy?
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1993-12-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Publisher's Note When a band of terrorists initiates a plot to gain control of the launch key to an MX missile, the computer whiz who designed the missile site's defenses tackles the challenge of thwarting them. But if he fails, the terrorists will launch an attack that could devastate the entire planet.
Industry Reviews "A rich and engrossing thriller that will keep...the reader turning pages far into the night....Highly entertaining...without so much as a single loose end." Krentz
"The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class...an edge-of-the-seat doomsday countdown thriller." Krentz
"Whether heroes of villains or something in between, his people possess a convincing individuality of speech, thought, and action, a personal context that makes them recognizable and comprehensible....[Stephen Hunter displays] a truly astonishing command of scientific, technical, military, political, and historical information." Krentz
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