Audio Book Description:
When the secretary of defense is assassinated, Michael Patrick Santini, a former senator and Vietnam POW, is pulled from hi Wall Street firm back toWashington to lead the Pentagon. Once there, he discovers that the United States is underattack by a silent, sinister force determined to alienateour allies and undermine our position asa global superpower. Angry militia men? Fanatical al-Qaeda? Russian organized crime gangs? No one knows. But Santinimust uncover and expose this force before more acts of deceit and destruction draw the United States into a war where millions will die. When hebecomes the target of a murderous Chechen, he is saved bythe beautiful mysterious Elena, a member of Israel`s elite assassination team. But what isher agenda? For whom is she really working? What price will he have to pay Elena for saving his life? Americais but hours away from goingto war with the wrong enemy. Rejecting a direct order from thepresident of the United States, Santini races across the globe in a desperate attempt toprevent a man from Santini`s past from starting a global war.
