First published 2012
A nuclear scientist loses his mind and holds a family at gunpoint. One dies in the chaos. Above New York City, radiation readings spike. Investigators trace the source to a warehouse where someone just finished building a nuclear weapon. The evidence points to an impossible deadline: terrorists will destroy a major American city in ten days. Gideon Crew follows the trail from New York suburbs into the New Mexico mountains. He discovers the conspiracy runs deeper than anyone imagined. The planned attack may unleash something far more catastrophic than the annihilation of a single city. Crew races against time as the true scope of the threat becomes clear.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: high-stakes, race-against-time
Setting: New York City, New Mexico
Period: 21st-century
Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence