PROJECT DAEDALUS  

Retired agent Michael Vance is approached for help on the same day by an oldKGB adversary and a brilliant and beautiful NSA code breaker. While theirproblems seem at first glance to be different, Vance soon learns he’s got apotentially lethal tiger by the tail – a Japanese tiger. A secret agreementbetween a breakaway wing of the Russian military and the Yakuza, the Japanesecrime lords, bears the potential to shift the balance or world power. Thecatalyst is a superplane that skims the edge of space – the ultimate indeath-dealing potential. In a desperate union with an international force ofintelligence mavericks, with megabillions and global supremacy at stake, Vancehas only a few days to bring down a conspiracy that threatens to ignite nuclearArmageddon.

Publisher’s Weekly

“Hoover’s adept handlingof convincing detail enhances this entertaining thriller as his characters dealand double-deal their way through settings ranging from the Acropolis to theinside of a spacecraft. Michael Vance, formerly of the CIA, is on his way to anarcheological dig when some old friends show up. First comes KGB agent AlexNovosty, caught laundering money that the KGB claims was embezzled – and hewants Michael to take charge of the hot funds. Then National Security Agencycryptographer Eva Borodin (who is Michael’s ex-lover) appears with anundecipherable but dangerous computer file: the co-worker who gave her the filehas since vanished. Heavies from a Japanese crime syndicate attack Michael andEva, who are rescued by Alex, but it looks like Alex and the syndicate aren’tcomplete strangers. Moreover, the mysterious Daedalus Corporation seems to be alink between Alex’s money and Eva’s file. As Michael is drawn into this deadlyweb, he realizes there is a secret agreement between the Russians and theJapanese – and it has nothing to do with tea-brewing customs.”

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