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Author
Series
Gideon Crew volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
355 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff ends in an explosion of violence. When the authorities discover the scientist's body is intensely radioactive, and that he had recently embraced Islamic extremism, all hell breaks loose.
Author
Series
Joe Ledger volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Joe Ledger and Echo Team rescue a group of American college kids held hostage in Iran, the Iranian government then asks them to help find six nuclear bombs planted in the Mideast oil fields. These stolen WMDs will lead Joe and Echo Team into hidden vaults of forbidden knowledge, mass-murder, betrayal, and a brotherhood of genetically-engineered killers with a thirst for blood. Accompanied by the beautiful assassin called Violin, Joe follows...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book tells the story of an AL Qeda operative named Amer Al Zaroor, who, on orders from Osama Bin Laden, directs the theft of a nuclear weapon from the Pakistani military, and then transports it toward its intended target, Israel. Meanwhile Bin Laden announces to the world that he will make a major terrorist strike on 9/11/10, the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Deep inside Washington, Brooke Chandler, a CIA operative whose cover was blown by an incompetent...
6) Zero day
Author
Series
John Puller volume 1
Language
English
Description
Combat veteran John Puller, now working as an investigator for the Army's Criminal Investigative Division, tries to solve the murder of an Army man and his Pentagon contractor wife in their isolated rural home.
Author
Series
Jack Liffey volume 6
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
265 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
9) Fallout
Author
Series
Tom Clancy's op-center volume 22
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"As fears of a dangerous nuclear confrontation between China and the US escalate, China targets individual members of the Black Wasp team in this heart-pounding entry in the bestselling series. After successfully extricating one of Beijing's top scientists from captivity and escorting him to America, the Black Wasp commandos find themselves targeted by Chinese assassins. The killers are not only highly trained but invisible, launching tactical strikes...
Publisher
NSNA Company
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the luxury yacht the length of a football field, Largo oversees a master plan of mayhem involving stolen cruise missiles, nuclear extortion, deadly video games and all the other evils in SPECTRE'S arsenal. James Bond, Agent 007, goes into battle with a fabulous flying motorcycle and other ghastly gadgets, including a fountain pen that can write you off with a bang.
11) Man of war: #1
Author
Series
Eric Steele volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new military thriller series from the NYT bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon."--
Eric Steele is an elite clandestine operative assigned to a US intelligence unit known simply as the "Program." Having served several tours fighting radical Islamic militants in Afghanistan, Steele now operates under the radar, using a deadly combination of espionage and brute strength to root out his enemies and neutralize them. When a man from his...
Author
Series
Dewey Andreas volume 8
Language
English
Description
"North Korea, increasingly isolated from most of the rest of the world, is led by an absolute dictator and a madman with a major goal--he's determined to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. While they have built, and continue to successfully test nuclear bombs, North Korea has yet to develop a ballistic missile with the range necessary to attack America. But their missiles are improving, reaching a point where the U.S. absolutely must respond....
Author
Series
Cotton Malone volume 11
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States. Before...
14) Critical mass
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
301 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
What would we do if a nuclear weapon was detonated in Washington, and the US government suddenly disappeared? What would we do if a terrorist organization announced that it had concealed nuclear weapons in ever major western city and then demanded that the entire planet embrace its twisted brand of Muslin fundamentalism?
In Critcal Mass, nuclear interdiction expert James Deutsh and his tormented Muslim wife, Nabila, struggle to stop an impending...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
349 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Against the exotic background of the Straights of Malacca, a daring plot is hatched to finance a nuclear attack against American cities, and Zack and Diane are thrust into the midst of a sizzling race against the clock to foil the conspiracy before disaster strikes"--From publisher description.
16) Trust no one
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
17) Broken arrow
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two military pilots engage in a no-holds-barred battle against time and each other in a race to recover two stolen nuclear warheads.
18) Critical mass
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
436 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Into each of his bold thrillers, best-selling author Steve Martini packs fast-moving action and convincing characters. Critical Mass is his chillingly realistic tale of nuclear terrorism and a deadly plot to destroy the American way of life. While updating the database at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in California, nuclear fission expert Gideon van Ry discovers two Russian nuclear devices are missing. As he searches for the unstable components,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2004
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (ca. 4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a secluded headquarters on the other side of the globe a terrorist mission is underway-a plan to set-off an underwater explosion so great, and with such hellish force, that it could shift the very foundation of the earth's surface causing untold calamity and world-wide disaster. The terrorists call it God's Revenge.
A nuclear warhead has gone missing. Small in size, it packs up to ten times the kilotons that exploded over Hiroshima. It's now in...
20) Wild fire: #4
Author
Series
John Corey volume 4
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
519 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Detective John Corey of The lion's game, Plum Island, and Night fall returns in a new novel about a conspiracy to detonate nuclear bombs in two American cities, setting off a world war of unimaginable proportions"--Provided by the publisher.