The Day Before Midnight

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<b>"A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen--given the possibility of an atomic 'given.' A wrap-up you'll never forget."--Robert Ludlum</b> 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. <b>Praise for <i>The Day Before Midnight</i></b> "Rockets toward a shattering climax like an incoming missile."<b>--Stephen Coonts, author of <i>Flight of the Intruder</i> and <i>Final Flight </i></b> "Nonstop action and mounting tension."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review </i></b> "Slam-bang action and relentless suspense."<b>--<i>The Washington Post </i></b> "The novel crackles and jolts."<b>--<i>Chicago Tribune </i></b> "The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class . . . an edge-of-the-seat doomsday countdown thriller."<b>--<i>Daily News, </i>New York</b>