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020 _a9780060753078
024 _a70279765
050 _aPS3552.R68543
082 _a813.54
100 1 _aDale Brown
245 1 _aAct of War
260 _bHarperCollins
300 _a419 pages
520 _aNear Houston, Texas, an oil refinery belonging to one of the world's largest energy companies is obliterated by a "backpack" nuclear device -- the first of many planned global attacks against corporations and government organizations accused of plundering the world's natural resources.A horrific act of war has been perpetrated against the U.S. and her interests -- and Major Jason Richter and his top-secret, high-tech Task Force TALON are dispatched to pursue, engage, and destroy this virulent new strain of terrorism.Yet Richter's plan of swift, brutal, and unconventional action is threatened by an enemy buried deep in the highest level of government -- a mole whose blind desire for personal vengeance could doom Richter and his team . . . and America.
650 _aThriller/Intrigue
999 _c11004
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