Ultimatum

R J Pineiro

ISBN 10: 0812524004 / ISBN 13: 9780812524000

Published by Tor Books, 1995

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On a wintry November morning, both the Prime Minister in Downing Street and the US Ambassador in Grosvenor Square receive an appalling ultimatum. A nuclear device, concealed somewhere in London, will be detonated within 72 hours unless the British and US governments accede unequivocally to the demand for an independent Palastine. With chilling plausibility, Antony Trew describes how a group of ultra-militant terrorists - disavowed by Yasir Arafat and the PLO - hijack a nuclear warhead, smuggle it into London and trigger off a macabre treasure hunt, which has the lives of thousands at stake.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ultimatum
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812524004
• ISBN 13: 9780812524000
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

When Saddam Hussein acquires nuclear missiles from a former Soviet republic and points them at Tel Aviv and Tehran, foreign relations crumble, and President Clinton is forced to retaliate as American planes are shot down. Original.

From Publishers Weekly

Though not usually the darling of the techno-thriller set (his clone is dissed mightily in Dale Brown's upcoming Storming Heaven, for example), Bill Clinton should be dancing in the Oval Office when he hears about this first hardcover novel from Pineiro (Siege of Lightning). Time and again, the Chief Executive is shown acting sensibly, decisively and with prayer in his heart as he works to prevent the resumption of the Mother of All Wars, this time around against a Saddam Hussein equipped with nuclear weapons acquired from a disintegrated Soviet Union. Aiding Clinton are a canny CIA operative, several talented and independent-minded pilots and a number of courageous Kurdish guerrillas, all engaging in an exciting and plausible series of skirmishes, dogfights and chases against Saddam's forces. Just enough sex and romance, plus lots of flying and shooting but not too much techno-jargon, make this a crowd-pleasing yarn. To his credit, Pineiro doesn't play down the ugly consequences of combat: the accidents, the wounds, the fears are tellingly laid out. In addition, the cast is not only multiracial but includes women of courage and conscience-a nice bonus in what adds up to a first-rate contribution to the genre.
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