Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon (2nd Edition) (Kindle Edition)

Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon (2nd Edition) (Kindle Edition)
By David Alexander

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First tagged by Pierce Erikson
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Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon tells the story of how terrorism, treason and global organized crime converge to place the most potent symbol of American military power under the control of a determined and ruthless group of heavily armed and extremely dangerous men who can’t be stopped, yet who must be stopped.

This global superthriller is based both on author David Alexander’s detailed research into the history of the Pentagon and on first-hand knowledge of the Pentagon's most closely held secrets by this veteran defense insider, all of which has been artfully woven into a masterpiece of high-concept action fiction.

In fact, the combined impact of accuracy and authenticity blended with superb storytelling may find some readers asking themselves if perhaps some parts of the story shouldn't have been made public, for fear that terrorists or global criminals might some day use it as a basis for an actual plan of attack.

Yet the assault on the Pentagon portrayed in the book is no standard terrorist martyrdom mission either. Those who’ve taken over the headquarters of the United States military have an exit strategy that has been brilliantly devised to shuttle them to safety and provide for the enjoyment of their ill-gotten profits -- a scam on a global scale that promises to net the Building’s hijackers a considerable fortune.

By any standard, Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon is action thriller fiction at its boldest and best. It’s one of the achievements that have earned David Alexander a secure place at the top of the list of the world’s masters of the game.

• Rank: #408727 in eBooks
• Published on: 2011-11-16
• Released on: 2011-11-16
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Face of the Earth (Kindle Edition)

Face of the Earth (Kindle Edition)
By Doug and Linda Raber

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Smallpox was wiped off the face of the Earth more than 30 years ago, but an outbreak on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico has claimed one life, and the disease is spreading. The conclusion that the outbreak is the result of a terrorist attack is official U.S. policy, but the facts don’t add up to terrorism.

Tipped off by a former classmate teaching in Farmington, Sarah Lockford, a young Washington Post reporter, teams up with Jake Overman, a medical researcher from the Centers for Disease Control, to investigate the outbreak.

As the National Security Council debates, the White House readies plans for a retaliatory attack against Iran. A cabinet member with a grudge deploys military personnel to New Mexico to make sure no one stands in the way of a military response. The Navajo community is secretly shut off from the rest of the world. Roads are guarded, and all incoming and outgoing communications are blocked.

The only leak is a phone call to Sarah, and Sarah can’t be found. She evades surveillance and travels through the wilderness to the outbreak site, where she and Jake discover its surprising origin. Forced into a cross-country game of cat and mouse, they must get their scientific evidence to the President in time. If they fail, the U.S. may launch a nuclear attack.

FACE OF THE EARTH is fiction, but all of the scientific and U.S. policy information in the novel have been scrupulously fact-checked. The story is frightening because everything in it could happen.

• Rank: #58795 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-02-28
• Released on: 2012-02-28
• Format: Kindle eBook
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