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Joshua's Hammer (Kirk McGarvey Novels) Book

When Saudi zillionaire Osama bin Laden speaks, Allen Trumble, CIA chief of station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, listens. When bin Laden breaks the news that he's the proud owner of a Russian-made, suitcase-sized nuclear device and wonders if there might not be someone else higher up that he might speak to, the call goes out to Kirk McGarvey, deputy director of operations. A call also goes out to some very bad men who, upon the Trumble family's return to the States, slaughter the lot of them in, of all places, a Disney World parking lot. The administration, never bin Laden boosters, thinks even less of him after the Disney World hit, but the man does have a bomb, so off McGarvey goes to Afghanistan for a face-to-face and a look-see. Once McGarvey's in situ--and after bin Laden surgically removes a homing device from his body--the president becomes convinced that McGarvey's been killed and orders a retaliatory strike. It misses bin Laden but hits and kills his beloved 19 year-old-daughter, Sarah. This time, as they say, it's personal, and bin Laden knows just what to do with his bomb. Detonate the little bugger below the Golden Gate Bridge just as President Haynes's Down's syndrome-afflicted daughter is passing above. Tick, tick, tick, tick. And so goes Joshua's Hammer, David Hagberg's umpteenth thriller and the eighth entry (after 1999's White House) in his popular Kirk McGarvey adventure series. The premise is less than original, but fans of Clancyesque techno-thrillers won't necessarily be disappointed. The book moves well despite Hagberg's off-the-rack prose and characterizations, and, if the reader can navigate the babble-strewn home stretch, delivers a none-too-surprising yet satisfying finish. --Michael HudsonRead More

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  • Product Description

    When a one-kiloton Russian nuclear demolition bomb the size of a suitcase goes missing, the West sits up and takes notice. Deputy Director of Operations Kirk McGarvey now faces the most difficult and deadly challenge of his career. The White House, against McGarveys advice, order attacks on Ladens base of operations in Afghanistan. Instead of killing the terrorist, the missiles kill his daughter. The bomb, code-named Joshuas Hammer, is coming to the United States. McGarvey must discover, how it will get there, where it will be detonated, and when this terrorist attack will take place.

  • 0312861281
  • 9780312861285
  • David Hagberg
  • 22 December 2000
  • Saint Martin's Press Inc.
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 352
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