Precipice - Hardcover

Pollock, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0965865304 ISBN 13: 9780965865302

Publisher: Council of Logistics Management, 1997

Synopsis

Logistics expert Jane Malcolm got her training under fire literallyin the Gulf War, where movement of supplies and equipment meant the difference between life and death. Eight years later, shes running her own logistics consulting firm. But as shestands on the brink of her greatest victory, she will be swept into a new, high-stakesgame with an opponent she may not even recognizeuntil its too late.Poised to close a multi-national deal, Jane learns that a plane crash has claimed the life of her father, Royal Akers, head of a faltering superstore chain. Determined to restoreher fathers legacy, she races against time to find ways around the Akers dynastyswoes and undercover their source. For it rapidly becomes clear that these are not random mishaps, but corporate sabotage. International trading partners suffer the fallout, ratcheting the stakes even higher. Economic disaster threatens to topple a fragile govern-ment. If Jane makes one false move, it could be her last. Tense, taut, Precipice is an edge-of-the-seat thriller, creating an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario.

About this title

About the Author

Born into a family of writers in New York City, Daniel Pollock grew up in Laguna Beach, California, and attended UCLA. He joined the Los Angeles Times Syndicate as an editor in 1977, leaving in 1989 when his first thriller, Lair of the Fox (HarperCollins) was published. Three more novels followed: Duel of Assassins (Pocket Books), Pursuit Into Darkness (Pocket Books), and now, Precipice (Council of Logistics Management). With his wife, Constance, Mr. Pollock co-edited The Book of Uncommon Prayer (Word). They live in southern California with their two children, Jane and Edward.

From the Inside Flap

The New York Times called Daniel Pollock's Lair of the Fox "a can't-put-down book." Now he ushers us into a hidden world of power, where goods, money, and information flow... and treachery can bring a corporation-or a nation-to the edge of a...

PRECIPICE

Logistics expert Jane Malcolm got her training literally under fire-in the Gulf War, where the movement of supplies and equipment meant the difference between life or death. Eight years later, she's using her experience to run her own logistics consulting firm. But as she stands on the brink of her greatest victory, she will be swept into a new, high-stakes game with an opponent she may not even recognize... until it's too late.

Poised to close a multinational deal, Jane hears shocking news: a plane crash has claimed the life of her estranged father Royal Akers, head of a major superstore chain. Before his death, he had been struggling to right a faltering company, troubleshooting a series of missteps that have eroded public confidence in the Akers stores. As Jane returns home for the funeral, she finds herself plunged into the center of a family storm.

Her brother Roy wants to sell out to the competitor who has made an attractive offer for the chain. But Jane, determined to fight to save the empire her father built, takes on a seemingly impossible challenge. She will untangle the logistical snarls that threaten to pull the company under-within ten days. It's a nightmare task, as computer errors disrupt global supply lines and delay critical shipments of drugs, food, and other essential goods.

Racing against time, Jane assembles a team of brilliant problem solvers to find ways around Akers' woes-and to uncover their source. For it rapidly becomes clear that these are not random mishaps, but corporate sabotage. As the damage spreads, Jane's team scrambles to learn if it's coming from outside the company... or within. Until she has the answer, she can't know whom to trust: Tom Soverel, the rival offering to bail out the Akers family; Wade Crain, the handsome man from Jane's past, for whom she feels a dangerous attraction; even Roy, her own brother.

Meanwhile, the sabotage continues and international trading partners suffer the fallout, ratcheting the stakes even higher. Economic disaster threatens to topple a fragile government, sending shock waves rippling around the world. And Jane will learn that her enemy won't stop at computer sabotage to win this perilous game, and her next move, if it's the wrong one, could be her last.

Tense, taut, Precipice is an edge-of-the-seat thriller, creating an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario.

Edition details

• Publisher: Council of Logistics Management
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965865304
• ISBN 13: 9780965865302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 460