Praise for Ryne Douglas Pearson's novels...
"... a plot that is all too believable." New York Times for 'Capitol Punishment'

"A must... A gripping blend of techno-thriller and detective story... The suspense runs at a high pitch" Publishers Weekly for 'Cloudburst'

"Mind-boggling... A hyperreal whiz-bang novel by a gifted high-tech specialist" Kirkus Reviews for 'Cloudburst'

"Suspenseful and filled with precise descriptions of weaponry; will appeal to Tom Clancy's readers" Booklist for 'October's Ghost'

"Pearson delivers another riveting technothriller... Highly recommended"
Library Journal for 'October's Ghost'

"... chillingly prescient..down-to-the-wire suspense" Publishers Weekly for 'Capitol Punishment'

"Action-packed and fast-paced... Keeps the reader flipping pages frantically" Library Journal for 'Simple Simon'

"Excellent entertainment from first page to last" Booklist for 'Simple Simon'

"Aerodynamic prose and superb pacing... A one-sitting book that will make the hours fly by" Publishers Weekly for 'Simple Simon'

"An interesting twist on the serial-killer thriller" Publishers Weekly for 'Top Ten'


October 1962. It was a time when the world came to the brink of nuclear Armageddon over an island nation ninety miles off the U.S. mainland. Now,
decades later, the past is about to be revisited.

The world has changed, but not enough for some. As one element of the United
States government strives to build a secure relationship with a tenuous Russian government, another has engineered a plan to topple the Western Hemisphere's last Communist dictator--Castro.

But the aging revolutionary will not go quietly, and, as the CIA-supported rebel elements in his military launch a widespread assault on his leadership, the Cuban dictator secretly readies his trump card--a decades-old nuclear missile. Intelligence reports warn Washington of the weapon, setting a highly secret search in motion. Moscow, however, sees only suspect actions that threaten to destroy all the progress in post-Cold War relations.

As the superpowers brace for a familiar, apocalyptic game of blind man's bluff with each other, elements across the globe struggle to prevent the final countdown to a nuclear apocalypse. From Los Angeles, where FBI Agents Art Jefferson and Francine 'Frankie' Aguirre seek to unravel the mystery of a murdered Cuban privy to Castro's secret weapon, to Cuba, where the military's Special Operations Detachment DELTA races to execute a plan to secure the rogue missile before it can be launched, Ryne Douglas Pearson combines a masterful technical accuracy with an eerie evocation of past confrontations to present both a provocative history lesson and a riveting novel of suspense.

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• Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseThrillersTechnothrillers
• Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseThrillersEspionage
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• Publication Date: June 18, 2011
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Print Length: 371 Pages
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