Description The New York Times Best Seller A blazing debut.
--Tom Clancy The United States and Soviet Union are at the brink of war.
Fearful of US plans for an anti-missile defense system that could defeat a USSR first strike, the Soviet General Secretary, the conservative successor to Gorbachev, conceives a plan to act first.
Russian Bear bombers violate US airspace, leading to a response by American F-15s.
A US Navy battle group is attacked in the North Atlantic.
And in orbit, a Soviet hunter-killer satellite attacks an American space shuttle.
As the world careens towards a nuclear conflict, only a lone CIA operative stands between peace and utter destruction.
But can he act in time?Vividly portraying the real world of military hardware and combining it with page-turning action, DEFCON One is the definition of a classic thriller.
A war thriller not for the faint of heart .
if military thrillers are for you, then DEFCON One is a must-read.
--Atlantic City Press.