num_pages: 432
description: “A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen—given the possibility of an atomic ‘given.’ A wrap-up you'll never forget.”—Robert LudlumThe countdown begins when welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home ans whisked to the South Mountain MX missile site—a top-secret nuclear complex now taken over by paramilitary terrorists.All that stands between the Uzi-armed commandos and the launch button is a half-ton titanium block. They want Jack Hummel to cut through it—so they can unleash a devastatingly brilliant plot that threatens global disaster.Now a Delta Force veteran and a think-tank defense wizard must get inside South Mountain—by defeating their own super-security systems and a darkly ingenious enemy leader . . . . . . while Jack Hummel's torch burns closer and closer to the launch key . . . while the clock ticks closer to midnight—and Armageddon.Praise for The Day Before Midnight“Rockets toward a shattering climax like an incoming missile.” —Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder  and Final Flight“Nonstop action and mounting tension.” — The New York Times Book Review“Slam-bang action and relentless suspense.” — The Washington Post“The novel crackles and jolts.” — Chicago Tribune“The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class . . . an edge-of-the-seat doomsday countdown thriller.” — Daily News, New York
language: English
title: The Day Before Midnight
titlecomplete: The Day Before Midnight
genres: Military Fiction, Crime, Suspense, Espionage, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Action, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2396
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞
category: Best Translated Novel
publisher: Bantam