An explosive, deadly threat to the West.įrom the pen of international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson comes a terrifyingly engrossing and mesmerising action thriller. Shocked into action, Admiral Morgan returns to the White House to run Operation High Tide - a desperate race to evacuate the East Coast and locate the nuclear submarine before it launches its deadly weapon.Ī volcano. Then comes the chilling threat - Kerman has a nuclear device, Scimitar SL-2, which he intends to launch straight into the heart of the volcano Cumbre Vieja, causing a massive tsunami to devastate the East Coast of the United States. But Admiral Morgan suspects the involvement of his nemesis, terrorist Major Ray Kerman. Helens, the White House views this as coincidence. When the murder of a prominent geophysicist coincides with the eruption of Mount St. 'Set in the present it is a believable piece of fiction but on a breath-taking scale.' - ***** Reader review 'Great story telling from start to end' - ***** Reader review 'A good thrilling ride' - ***** Reader review 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' - Sarah Broadhurst, BOOKSELLER 'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' - Jack Higgins The final installment in the Mack Bedford series, Power Play is a nerve-shredding thriller, perfect for fans of James Swallow, Tom Clancy and Stephen Leather.įans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this fast-paced, unputdownable and breath-taking action thriller from the international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. It is now up to Mack to prevent the Russians’ cyber weaponry from reaching the American mainland, at which point it would be impossible to stop. He calls upon the one man he believes can succeed, US Navy SEAL Commander Mack Bedford. If successful, Russia would establish a temporary dominance over the United States.Īs this geopolitical battle rages in the shadows, behind locked doors, it is up to a Mossad spymaster based in Moscow to avert the Russian scheme. In addition to a ballistic strike on the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, they plan to jam the top-secret electronic access key to America’s missile launch system – the nuclear football. Israel has obliterated the deep underground nuclear weapons facility built by Iran, and the United States is nerve-wracked about the stance of a defiant North Korea.Īgainst this backdrop, the Russians plan a cyber warfare offensive on the US. The future of the United States rests on one man's shoulders.Ī highly volatile nuclear world looms. This ebook edition is updated with the diary that Sandy Woodward kept during the course of the campaign. ‘One Hundred Days’ is an engrossing and authoritative retelling of these dramatic events, as well as a candid and revealing insight into what it is to lead your country to war. In this acclaimed account, he takes us from day 1 to day 100 of the conflict through the tragic losses of ships and men to the defeat of the Argentinian Navy and the retaking of the islands. But with no advantage in the air or on land and the vast distances involved, many felt that victory was at best unlikely – and at worst, impossible.Īs Battle Group Commander, Admiral Sandy Woodward was the man in charge on the frontline. It soon became obvious they were sailing to war. On 5 April 1982, three days after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, British armed forces were ordered to sail 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic. The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force.
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