Twilight's Last Gleaming
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- 6,99 €
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- 6,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
The launch of an Iranian satellite sets in motion a dizzying chain of events as intelligence analyst Naomi Hendricks races to prove it is a nuclear weapon built with help from North Korea, and is just hours away from unleashing an electromagnetic pulse against the United States, throwing the country into a prolonged nationwide blackout.
With time running out, Hendricks' theory is center stage in a Situation Room briefing that is spiraling out of control as the president, cabinet members, and intelligence agency directors grapple with the inevitability of the worst terror attack in U.S. history, and a horrifying reality-there may be nothing they can do to stop it.
Twilight's Last Gleaming is a fast-paced, compelling story of an EMP attack against the United States-the events leading up to it, the terrifying consequences, and the disastrous aftermath. It is also an inspiring story of hope, determination, and the will to survive in a harrowing new world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Ronnow's impressive, all too plausible near-future thriller, U.S. president Edmund Wheeler is faced with only difficult choices at a time of great international turmoil. Two blows to the American economy trigger the crisis: first, China sells over $1 trillion in U.S. bonds; second, Russia's Putin-like president, Dmitry Burkov, announces that he's ending his country's economic connections with Europe, Canada, and the U.S., and is expelling their diplomats and businesses. A financial panic follows, as does a rise in military tensions in the Persian Gulf that threaten to escalate into all-out nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. As Wheeler works to devise an appropriate response to Russia's aggression, Naomi Hendricks, an NSA intelligence analyst, provides even more disturbing news: an attack against the U.S. power grid by Russia, North Korea, and Iran is imminent. Ronnow lends credibility to this doomsday scenario by making his characters three-dimensional. Tom Clancy fans will be satisfied. (BookLife)
