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21) Pillars of fire
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Pub. Date
[1989]
Description
Libyan dictator, Qaddafi, has a secret Libyan ICBM launch site ready for the nuclear device. The date and time of launch are set. The search is on to find the site before launch.
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2011
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When their autistic son Michael--a genius descended from Albert Einstein--is abducted by a cult bent on the destruction of the world, science historian David Swift and quantum physicist Monique Reynolds must stop the cult members from recreating the Big Bang and destroying mankind.
23) Next
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him. He can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low in Vegas under an assumed name. There, he performs cheap tricks and lives off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government...
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John Corey novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2006
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.
25) Broken Arrow
Pub. Date
1998
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. When a B-2 Stealth Bomber crashes in the Utah desert during a top-secret test run, the military quickly moves in to retrieve its two "broken arrows." But the situation spins out of control after one of the pilots reveals the crash to part of an incredible nuclear extortion plot.
26) Assassin's code
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Joe Ledger novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
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 a...
27) Capitol betrayal
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When a malevolent foreign dictator hacks into the U.S. nuclear defense system, the president comes under fire. With the clock winding down, lawyer Ben Kincaid has precious little time to defend the president. While Kincaid faces the trial of his life, legendary CIA agent Seamus McKay races through the clogged streets of Washington, searching for a hidden command center--guarded by murderous fanatics--that now controls U.S. ballistic missiles.
28) The genius club
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200 are brought together by a terrorist on Christmas Eve to try and solve the world's problems in one night. It's a cat and mouse battle of intellectual superiority with a mad genius who wants to detonate a nuclear bomb in Washingon D.C.A 3-word password has to be uncovered.
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Overview: A long-time staple of International Relations courses, this new edition continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation, while looking at the regions and issues now at the forefront of the nuclear question. Over the past fifteen years, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons has been a staple in International Relations courses because of its brevity and crystal-clear explanations. The new edition, An Enduring Debate, continues the important...
30) Trust no one
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist--someone Nick has never heard of--has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up. And the only person he'll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick...
32) Next
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him. He can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low in Vegas under an assumed name. There, he performs cheap tricks and lives off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Doomsday 2012: Explores the prophecy that the world will end on December 21, 2012, as foretold by many oracles throughout history including the Mayan calendar, the Chinese oracle of the I Ching, and even an Internet-based software program.
Mayan doomsday prophecy: Examines the 2012 doomsday prophecy contained in the calendar created by the legendary astronomers and timekeepers of the Mayan civilization.
Doomsday tech: Looks at threats, both natural...
34) Unthinkable
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
An FBI agent and a Special Operations interrogator must force a terrorist suspect to divulge the locations of three nuclear weapons that are set to detonate somewhere in the United States.
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"... about a terrorist's nuclear threat to blow up the White House. Alexandra James, devoted reporter for the New England Examiner, is attractive, exceptionally smart, an experienced high-end shoe shopper, and used to getting what she wants. When she is assigned to cover the death of a Harvard student doing his year abroad, the whirlwind investigation takes her to Cambridge, London, and then to Washington. The globe-trotting adventures suit her well,...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
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.
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Deep black volume 4
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Word is out to ex-Marine sniper Charlie Dean and his NSA team: infiltrate the highest stratum of Peruvian political power and derail a renegade general from acing an election. All Dean has to do is find a way inside an impenetrable bank vault protected by armed guards round the clock--it's all in a day's work for the men and women of Deep Black. But things get complicated when Dean and company discover the general's second plot. The military madman's...
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