Final Strike
A Sean Falcone Novel
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Publisher Description
In his political, apocalyptic thriller, Final Strike, former Secretary of Defense and US Senator William Cohen dramatizes one of the most terrifying global security nightmares: an asteroid hurtling towards Earth
Sixty million years ago, the K-T Asteroid obliterated the dinosaurs, and now its apocalyptic twin is rocketing toward the US on a similar mission of extermination. Russian President Boris Lebed, the charismatic successor to Vladimir Putin, wants to turn that asteroid into a superweapon to use against the US and is holding Hamilton hostage in Moscow until Hamilton agrees to help. Former Senator and National Security Advisor Sean Falcone leads a dangerous off-the-books operation to bring Hamilton home and derail Lebed’s disastrous plan.
But will Falcone succeed in time?
The asteroid is hurtling toward earth. If it is not deflected, humanity will go the way of dinosaurs, and the entire planet will burn. Only one strategy has a chance of stopping humanity’s extinction—only one. There is no Plan B.
The fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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Robert Hamilton, an American billionaire, has come to Moscow to meet with Kuri Basayev, one of Russia's richest oligarchs, in bestseller Cohen's stirring if flawed third Sean Falcone novel (after 2015's Collision). The two are planning a joint business venture to mine valuable metals from an asteroid. Soon after Hamilton learns that Basayev has been blown up on his yacht in the Black Sea, Russian security agents arrive at Hamilton's hotel to take him to a meeting with Boris Lebed, Putin's successor as president of the Russian Federation. When Hamilton refuses Lebed's offer to find him another partner, Lebed makes it clear he can't leave Moscow until he cooperates. Once U.S. president Blake Oxley hears of Hamilton's plight, he assigns former national security adviser Falcone the job of getting Hamilton back home. Meanwhile, Hamilton's asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Cohen, who served as secretary of defense under President Bill Clinton, undermines a perfectly good thriller by repeatedly inserting information about the inner workings of government that, interesting as it may be, brings the plot to a screeching halt.
