The unthinkable has happened. An environmental organization warned the world against it. Still, nobody believed that it would turn out like this. But Donald Morse proves everyone wrong. Defying all security measures, he manages to steal a shipment of nuclear material from a cargo ship destined for Japan’s nuclear power reactors. Could anything be worse than this scenario? Perhaps the fact that Donald Morse knows that South African scientists developed extremely dangerous nuclear weapons during the apartheid years, weapons that the world thought were not possible to construct. Donald has information where these deadly weapons are hidden - and he has plans to get them out. Ken Palmer is sent by the FBI to find Donald Morse and to arrest him. But Ken has to deal with traitors from within as well as onslaughts on his life. However, he discovers the real spine-chilling reason for Donald’s need for the nuclear weapons and he realizes that Donald has to be stopped in any way... More > possible.< Less
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By A. Dundee
Nov 1, 2008
"Fascinating twists" A plot line filled with fascinating twists, thrilling action interwoven with interesting locations, characters, technology and science - my summary of the makeup of this exciting book. I however found some of the scientific descriptions a bit tedious, since I already have a good background knowledge of the stuff, but then I have to add that it only makes up a small portion of the book and it was skillfully done with the characters conversing about it, and not through unnecessary exposition. This exhilarating debut novel certainly whet my appetite for more.
"Excellent thriller" This book has all the ingredients of an excellent thriller: fast-paced action scenes, great characters, suspense, plot twists, massive explosions, and a dash of science and technology thrown in. Ken Palmer, an ex-FBI agent is asked to rejoin the FBI and go to South Africa to catch a criminal at large who is on the FBI's top 10 list, namely Donald Morse. Morse has stolen a US jet fighter aircraft on test in South Africa and used this aircraft in his daring ploy to nick a shipment of nuclear material from a ship in the Atlantic ocean off Namibia's coast. Morse and his allies plot to perform extraordinary terrorist acts with the stolen nuclear material and some other modern nuclear bombs that he wants to take from an underground cache in South Africa. Ken Palmer, against insurmountable odds, has to stop Morse before he can set his final plans into action, or else it will upset the balance of power in the world. I can really recommend this book to all... More > people who enjoy to read thriller novels.< Less
