Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:�??A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen�??given the possibility of an atomic �??given.�?? A wrap-up you'll never forget.�?��??Robert Ludlum
The countdown begins when welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home ans whisked to the South Mountain MX missile site�??a top-secret nuclear complex now taken over by paramilitary terrorists.
All that stands between the Uzi-armed commandos and the launch button is a half-ton titanium block. They want Jack Hummel to cut through it�??so they can unleash a devastatingly brilliant plot that threatens global disaster.
Now a Delta Force veteran and a think-tank defense wizard must get inside South Mountain�??by defeating their own super-security systems and a darkly ingenious enemy leader . . . 
. . . while Jack Hummel's torch burns closer and closer to the launch key . . . while the clock ticks closer to midnight�??and Armageddon.
Praise for The Day Before Midnight
�??Rockets toward a shattering climax like an incoming missile.�?��??Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder and Final Flight

�??Nonstop action and mounting tension.�?��??The New York Times Book Review

�??Slam-bang action and relentless suspense.�?��??The Washington Post

�??The novel crackles and jolts.�?��??Chicago Tribune

�??The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class . . . an edge-of-the-seat