The U.S. and its Western allies come under a diabolical Russian cyber
warfare attack in this action-packed military techno-thriller from New
York Times bestselling master Dale Brown.
In a top-secret location deep in the Ural Mountains, Russian President
Gennadiy Gryzlov has built his nation's most dangerous weapon since the
atomic bomb--a fearsome tool to gain superiority in Russia's
long-running battle with the West. From inside Perun Aerie--an intricate
network of underground tunnels and chambers that is the heart of the
Russian cyber warfare program--he is launching a carefully plotted
series of attacks on an unsuspecting U.S. and its European allies.
The first strike targets Warsaw, Poland, where Russian malware wipes out
the records of nearly every Polish bank account, imploding the country's
financial system and panicking the rest of Europe. When Stacy Anne
Barbeau, the besieged American president, fails to effectively combat
the Russian threat, Brad McLanahan, on some well-earned R&R with his new
Polish girlfriend, Major Nadia Rozek, is called back to duty.
As the Russians' deadly tactics escalate--including full-scale assaults
on Europe's power grid and the remote hijacking of a commercial airliner
that kills hundreds of civilians--McLanahan and his Scion team kick into
gear, arming themselves with the most advanced technological weaponry
for the epic struggle ahead. A patriot in the mold of his father, the
late general Patrick McLanahan, Brad knows firsthand the price of
freedom.
With the world's fate hanging in the balance, will Scion succeed in
turning back Gryzlov before he can realize his terrifying ambition to
conquer the globe? And what will the toll of victory be?
