Stephen Hunter <br/><br/>
The Day Before Midnight 

 -  Bantam  2009 
 - 432 pages 
<br/><br/> Paramilitary terrorists who have taken over a top-secret nuclear complex kidnap Maryland welder Jack Hummel and force him to cut through a half-ton titanium block that conceals the launch button. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307573322 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>966554502 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88022177 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Thriller
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3558.U494 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.54