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An extraordinary international thriller by the former deputy assistant secretary of state and author of the national bestseller "The Golden Hour." ""In the life of every country, at a moment of extreme national disruption, there is a brief period of breakdown, when everything is uncertain, events can turn on a dime. That is the moment to act, to shape events how "you "want them to go. That is" "Minute Zero."" Fresh off the harrowing events of ""The Golden Hour"," State Department crisis manager Judd Ryker is suddenly thrown into a quickly developing emergency in Zimbabwe, where a longtime strongman is being challenged for the presidency. Rumors are flying furiously: armed gangs, military crackdowns, shady outside money pouring in, and, most disturbing for the United States, reports of highly enriched uranium leaking into the market. And that s all before Ryker even lands in the country. It gets much worse after that. If he can t get control, shape his ""Minute Zero"," a lot of people are going to die not least of all himself."
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Todd Moss, formerly a top U.S. State Department official, is a writer and policy analyst in Washington DC. His day job is running the Energy for Growth Hub, a global research network. Todd is also affiliated with the Center for Global Development, Rice University's Baker Institute, and the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. Todd has previously worked at the World Bank, Georgetown University, and the London School of Economics. Todd writes thrillers in the early hours. His debut novel THE GOLDEN HOUR (Penguin's Putnam, 2014) follows diplomat Judd Ryker, who has 100 hours to reverse a coup in Mali, rescue a kidnapped Peace Corps volunteer, and prevent a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy. In MINUTE ZERO (2015) , Ryker fights to stop a dictator from stealing a violent election in Zimbabwe. In GHOSTS OF HAVANA (2016) , Ryker is dispatched on a secret mission to negotiate the release of four American soccer dads who were captured by the Cuban navy while fishing off the Florida Keys. THE SHADOW LIST (2017) takes Ryker deep into a murky web of Russian mobsters, Nigerian scammers, and corrupt American politicians. Watch this space for Todd's next thriller.(photo credit: Shawn Miller)
