The Day Before Midnight

Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:�??A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen�??given the possibility of an atomic �??given.�?? A wrap-up you'll never forget.�?��??Robert Ludlum The countdown begins when welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home ans whisked to the South Mountain MX missile site�??a top-secret nuclear complex now taken over by paramilitary terrorists. All that stands between the Uzi-armed commandos and the launch button is a half-ton titanium block. They want Jack Hummel to cut through it�??so they can unleash a devastatingly brilliant plot that threatens global disaster. Now a Delta Force veteran and a think-tank defense wizard must get inside South Mountain�??by defeating their own super-security systems and a darkly ingenious enemy leader . . .  . . . while Jack Hummel's torch burns closer and closer to the launch key . . . while the clock ticks closer to midnight�??and Armageddon. Praise for The Day Before Midnight �??Rockets toward a shattering climax like an incoming missile.�?��??Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder and Final Flight �??Nonstop action and mounting tension.�?��??The New York Times Book Review �??Slam-bang action and relentless suspense.�?��??The Washington Post �??The novel crackles and jolts.�?��??Chicago Tribune �??The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class . . . an edge-of-the-seat… (more)