Blackmail, Paperback

Descriere

``As in Tom Clancy's technothrillers, the war maneuvers feel authentic and are described in stellar detail.``--Booklist The American aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacificis severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. The Russiangovernment officially apologizes, but what it claims was an accident duringtraining was actually a calculated attack. And now it's time for Russia's realmission to begin. . .With the U. S. Pacific fleet at its weakest--and politicalunrest already spreading throughout Eastern Europe--the Russian presidentinitiates a bold plan to reoccupy key industrialized areas of the former USSR. Doing so will mean cutting off much of the world's oil and natural gas supply--andwiring every major pipeline with explosives. If the U. S. attempts to thwart Russia, every last resource will be destroyed. America's only option is tolaunch a simultaneous attack on all fronts. But one false move could lead to awar of epic proportions--one that could do no less than destroy the worlditself. . .``Enthralling...The submarine andsurface-ship battles are pitch-perfect.``--Publishers Weekly