The day starts innocently enough. A high level policy meeting between the President, British PM, US National Security Advisor and assorted other gov't security specialists in LA. Until 2 Libyan terrorists open fire on the hotel's front door as all are leaving, killing a bucketload of Brit and US politicos before killing themselves.
Shortly thereafter, a US 747 leaving Athens is hijacked and forced to land in Libya where it takes on some seriously heavy containers and takes off again. By landing in Libya, the plan has escalated because their government allowed the plane to land and take on cargo. The plane flies to the Azores, refuels, and takes off again.
The original plan was to fly the plane to Chicago, but the 747 has undergone so many insults that it is having problems even staying in the air.
Back in the US, with its new security heads and President are trying figure out who is behind these 2 attacks and how to deal with them. The FBI in LA is piecing little clues together to figure out how the shooters got into the building (must've had help). At Ft. Bragg, a Delta squad is tasked with trying to take down the on-board terrorists. In Louisiana, a National Guard pilot has been given an assignment no one wants. And the newly sworn in President juggles issues within the FBI, CIA, Army, Libyan military, AEC, and now Cuba.
They figure out that the cargo is nuclear and deduce that the Cuba to Chicago flight is a ruse and they will take the 747 over DC during the funeral for the murdered President and detonate over hundreds of state heads and tens of thousands of mourners.
It's up to Delta, their plan, getting aboard, taking the terrorists down, deactivating the device and get the plane on the ground before . . . you know. Just another day at the Delta office.
Pure and simple. I thought this story rocked. Started off with a bang and kept up the pace and tension right to the end. This really is a Men Reading Books prime time player. Pearson jumps all over the world as various law enforcement, military, and political levels try and figure out what's likely to happen next. The first two-thirds of the book sped right along very nicely and the final one-third flat out leaves the reader almost breathless. This is political thriller at its best.
And it's less about extremist Islam and more about avenging the death of the little sister of 3 brothers.
If you start reading it, you won't regret that decision. I really couldn't put this book down.
East Coast Don
No comments:
Post a Comment