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Bestselling author Richard A. Clarke draws upon his experience at the highest levels of national security in Pinnacle Event--the Pentagon code for a nuclear threat--a gripping international thriller told from the rare vantage point of a true Washington insider. With a presidential election just weeks away, five simultaneous murders on three continents lead to an investigation revealing the recent black-market sale of five nuclear weapons. But who bought them? And what is their intended target? "Clarke combine[s] real-life intelligence details with ... narrative drive...will please political geeks and action fans."--BOOKLIST Washington fears the attacks are timed to explode in major American cities before the election. They call on veteran intelligence expert Ray Bowman to track down the missing nukes.
About the Author
I started writing books after a thirty year career in government writing bureaucratic papers. It was quite a shift. Cyber War is my fifth book and my third non-fiction. People often ask which genre do you prefer to write, fiction or non-fiction? They are both a challenge and both are exciting to attempt. Fiction may be the greater challenge, because of the need for imagination, characterization, dialogue, and plot twists. Non-fiction may actually have some real world effects. I've posted excerpts and other information on my web page; www.richardaclarke.net.
