Books' Description
In an instant, the three branches of government are eliminated in a daring nuclear strike during the State of the Union Address. National Security Advisor, Barry Dipaula, and a small group of men and women inside the White House must secretly lead the country in a painstaking process of choosing new leadership within a critical eighteen hours following the explosion, and with no help from the US Constitution. During the tense overnight hours filled with international deception and intrigue, Dipaula struggles to bring order out of chaos and contain a renegade general determined to take control of the country.
The reader is introduced to the world of international espionage and taken in and out of shadowy meetings at the Kremlin --- where a conspiracy threatens to push the world into a nuclear holocaust.
From one angle, this novel presents an action-packed, richly-set, masterfully-plotted thriller that captures the reader until the final page is turned. From another, it embodies the voice of uncertainty of a humanity living in the nuclear age. Portolese’s rich depiction of the return of hard-liners in Russia, the threat of international terrorism, and proliferation of nuclear weapons give this story an ominously prophetic, frightening dimension. He raises vital questions of national and international significance, while stressing a strong sense of urgency in the need to repair a critical weakness in the US Constitution’s line of presidential succession. A must read for any political thriller buff and for all members of the US Congress who have the ultimate responsibility for repairing this critical weakness in the constitution of the United States.
In this masterpiece of conflict, suspense, and drama, you will find yourself quickly immersed in heart-stopping action and fast-paced plots. Like the great Yangtze River, this novel will carry you on a perilous journey from the high mountains of the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea. Along this turbulent and violent journey, though it is a work of fiction, the author hints at very confidential information and some of the world’s most guarded secrets that could well change the way you think about the future—and a new world.
The Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world, was recently completed on the Yangtze River and has been aptly called the new Great Wall of China. Federal agents discover compelling evidence that an explosive device had been planted inside the Three Gorges Dam during its construction. If the great dam were to explode, it would release billions of gallons of water downstream, killing millions of people and wreak havoc on the economies of the world. The CIA, with help from a secret Chinese society, sends the Asian-American officer Steven Michaels through Macau and into the People’s Republic of China on a covert mission to learn more about the explosive device. However, Michaels soon discovers that there is an even greater danger facing China. He finds himself deeply entangled in a White House conspiracy that brings the United States into direct military confrontation with the PRC and forces the country to raise its military status to Defcon Two for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the midst of chaos, Michaels is forced to battle in the streets of Beijing to save his own life and that of the one woman who might be able to prevent an upheaval that would unsettle the greatest nations on earth and change China and the world forever.