The Day Before Midnight (original 1989; edition 1989)

by Stephen Hunter

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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 doomsday countdown thriller.�*�Daily News,* New York**.… (more)