num_pages: 192
description: A white supremacist, barricaded with his family on an isolated Montana mountaintop, holding off the cops with assault rifles.A brilliant hostage negotiator who has failed to come to terms with his personal demons, reluctantly taking leadership of the one case he can't afford to lose.A virtual army of state and local cops, national guardsmen, U.S. Marshals, and the FBI's elite hostage rescue team, clawing for jurisdiction, vowing vengeancefor fallen comrades.A growing crowd of onlookers, sympathizers, and troublemakers, some willing to turn an isolated battle into an all-out war.A mixture as explosive and unstable as nitroglycerine...The Standoff.  A stunning debut from a major new talent.
language: English
title: The Standoff
titlecomplete: The Standoff
characters: John Banish, Mary Coyle, Reginald Perkins, Fagin, Glenn Ables
genres: Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Indonesian Literature, Action, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 417
places: Huddleson, Montana, The United States of America, Paradise Point, Montana
publisher: Doubleday