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Medusa's Child

Plot

Everything in America is about to stop... 10,000 feet over Washington, D.C.!With the same breathtaking heroics that brought his bestselling "Pandora'sClock" international acclaim, John J. Nance once again spins today'sheadlines--this time about the threat of nuclear terrorism--into anall-too-realistic story of high-flying suspense. For thirty-year-old captain Scott McKay, the transport run from Miami to Denverwill give him the money he desperately needs to keep his fledgling air cargocompany flying. When a mysterious crate is discovered on his plane, however, McKay is ordered to abandon his present course and fly the crate and its owner, Vivian Henry, to Washington, D.C., before going to Denver. McKay takes theforced detour in stride--until a strange noise comes from deep inside thecrate. It is the voice of Vivian's husband, Dr. Rogers Henry, warning that theshipment they are carrying is actually a fully armed Medusa device, athermonuclear bomb that can destroy every computer chip over an entirecontinent, and blast the Silicon Age back to the Stone Age. And it is set togo off within hours. As panic spreads from the small community of nuclear scientists who used towork for Dr. Rogers Henry to the White House and eventually to the generalpublic, a group of rogue military officers conspires to disobey the President'sorders and secure the technology of the Medusa device, whatever the cost. WillCaptain McKay and his crew trust their own instincts to dispose of the bomb, orwill they let a misguided government dictate their actions? Using his inside knowledge of the airline industry, as well as his expertise asa pilot, John J. Nance has once again turned our worst fears intoaterrifyingly realistic story. "Medusa's Child" will take readers into thecenter of a spine-tingling crisis.A new novel of airborne suspense by the bestselling author of "Pandora'sClock!" "Praise for John J. Nance's Books: " "Nance combines exquisite suspense and cardiac-arrest action to create theultimate flying adventure. If you read this on an airliner, you're a lotbraver than I am."--Stephen Coonts, author of "Final Flight" and "The Minotaur" " "Pandora's Clock" will do for planes what the movie "Speed" did for buses. John Nance's riveting thriller is a fast, fun read that neverlets up."--Phillip Margolin, author of "Gone, But Not Forgotten" and "The BurningMan" "Fasten your seat belts! John Nance turns air disaster into a grippinginvestigative novel. His professional skills as both pilot and writer combineto make "Final Approach" a compelling and all-too-realistic story." --James Michener