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Series: A Nick Gallagher Thriller, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
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ISBN13: 9798883665850
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 3 2024
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 3 2024
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For those who like old-school international intrigue, this novel has it all! A fast-paced, absorbing actioner.
- Kirkus Reviews An American Fiction Awards Techno-Thriller Finalist. In this pulse-pounding debut crime thriller, a determined Marine searches for clues to his father's and brother's untimely deaths, and uncovers a diabolical plot to steal a space-based, high-energy laser weapon. After escaping the clutches of the North Korean Army from a POW camp during a military incursion into South Korea, battle-tested U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Nick Gallagher soon discovers that his father and older brother have been brutally murdered. As Gallagher recovers from shrapnel wounds, his investigation into the deaths of his closest family members uncovers a malevolent plot to murder top Department of Defense research scientists, his father among them. Each of the scientists was killed as part of an elaborate scheme to take possession of a game-changing, nuclear-powered laser system intended to be mounted onto a ship or the main sail of a ballistic missile submarine and targeted by a space-based satellite reflection mirror. This modern-day espionage thriller follows Gallagher at breakneck speed as he investigates and races against time to thwart an international corporate strategy to deliver the system to a foreign nation, thereby upsetting the balance of world power. The story employs the latest in military technology, from intense cat-and-mouse nuclear-powered submarine chases amid the ocean depths to turbulent, bullet-riddled jet fighter dogfights in the sky, to Cape Canaveral rocket launches, and space-based satellite flight deviations in low-earth orbit. Mixing espionage and military action, this thriller peaks when the action starts. --- Publishers Weekly An intelligently plotted, high-octane international thriller. It's a must-read for fans of espionage. You'll be unable to put it down. --- Blue Reviews Intrigue, excitement, and adventure fill the pages of the novel! Strong pacing and an enjoyable storyline.
- Kirkus Reviews An American Fiction Awards Techno-Thriller Finalist. In this pulse-pounding debut crime thriller, a determined Marine searches for clues to his father's and brother's untimely deaths, and uncovers a diabolical plot to steal a space-based, high-energy laser weapon. After escaping the clutches of the North Korean Army from a POW camp during a military incursion into South Korea, battle-tested U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Nick Gallagher soon discovers that his father and older brother have been brutally murdered. As Gallagher recovers from shrapnel wounds, his investigation into the deaths of his closest family members uncovers a malevolent plot to murder top Department of Defense research scientists, his father among them. Each of the scientists was killed as part of an elaborate scheme to take possession of a game-changing, nuclear-powered laser system intended to be mounted onto a ship or the main sail of a ballistic missile submarine and targeted by a space-based satellite reflection mirror. This modern-day espionage thriller follows Gallagher at breakneck speed as he investigates and races against time to thwart an international corporate strategy to deliver the system to a foreign nation, thereby upsetting the balance of world power. The story employs the latest in military technology, from intense cat-and-mouse nuclear-powered submarine chases amid the ocean depths to turbulent, bullet-riddled jet fighter dogfights in the sky, to Cape Canaveral rocket launches, and space-based satellite flight deviations in low-earth orbit. Mixing espionage and military action, this thriller peaks when the action starts. --- Publishers Weekly An intelligently plotted, high-octane international thriller. It's a must-read for fans of espionage. You'll be unable to put it down. --- Blue Reviews Intrigue, excitement, and adventure fill the pages of the novel! Strong pacing and an enjoyable storyline.
--- Online Book Club
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