THOMASHOOVER

“A high-tech launch site, a missing nuke, and Arabterrorists with nothing to lose . . .”

In the sun-dappled waters of the Aegean,ex-agent Michael Vance pilots the Odyssey II, a handmade replica of thesailcraft of the ancient hero Ulysses.  Out of nowhere, a Russian Hind gunshipwith Arab terrorists at the helm fires upon the tiny ship below.  Theterrorists’ destination is a tiny Aegean island where a U.S. aerospacecorporation carefully guards the Cyclops 20-megawatt laser launch facility. But the company security force is no match for the firepower of the Arabinvasion and the launch site is quickly overrun.  With helpless horror, theexecutives can only watch as renegade technicians convert the launch vehicle intoa ballistic missile that can deliver their stolen thermonuclear warhead to anycity in the U.S. 

Left for dead amid the smoking ruins of Odyssey II,Michael Vance washes up on the occupied island – and becomes America’s onlyhope.

BOOKS BY THOMAS HOOVER

Nonfiction

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