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Cargando... 8 Seconds to Midnightpor John Leifer
Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  AngieMangino | Feb 12, 2020 |   Esta reseña ha sido escrita para Sorteo de miembros LibraryThing. A very well researched thriller with an excellent storyline. Contains a very believable story with non-stop action. The characers are well developed and realistic. A very enjoyable read that was hard to put down. I highly recommend this book. (  ) jimphillips8 | Mar 31, 2018 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
8 Seconds to Midnight takes the reader on a non-stop thrill-ride that begins with the clandestine transfer of nuclear material from a secure Pakistani army installation thirty miles north of Islamabad to a group of radical Islamists bent on the destruction of the West. It culminates in the streets of New York - minutes before the impending detonation of a fifteen-kiloton nuclear bomb. The city's survival hinges on one man, Commander John Hart, and his ability to ferret out the perpetrators, discern where the weapon is hidden, and disable it before midnight December 31. Hart must rely on equal measures of brawn, brain, and prayer to stop the cadre of jihadists whose plan has been in the making for sixteen years. Should he fail, the job of healing America's mortal wound will fall squarely on the shoulders of Dr. Elizabeth Wilkins. It's a job she didn't ask for, and hopes never materializes. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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By John Leifer
2020
Reviewed by Angie Mangino
Rating: 4 stars
In chapter one readers meet Dr. Ayesha Naru, daughter of General Omar Malik, the top-ranking Pakistani military officer. Professionally the doctor uses her late mother’s maiden name at an attempt to keep her work separated from her father’s renown.
Chapter two introduces the setting of the novel to which the American public is unaware.
“A year and change had elapsed since the United Islamic State had launched a biological attack on the four busiest airports in America. … They almost succeeded.”
Readers now meet Commander John Hart, the leading bio warfare expert in the United States, a physician, Navy Seal, and senior intelligence officer. It was he who “led the team responsible for liberating the vaccine from a clandestine laboratory in Pakistan.”
Hart works with, and is engaged to, Dr. Elizabeth Wilkins, the preeminent virologist who runs the Bio level IV lab at the CDC, the US Health protection agency.
Fifty-four action filled chapters keep readers engrossed in the story of bioterrorism, nuclear warfare, deceit, and personal interactions around the globe right up to its satisfying conclusion. It is a timely tale reflecting the shades of involvement, as well as the personal consequences, revolving around these and the other characters introduced.
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