Forbidden Summit by Payne Harrison
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Payne Harrison's electrifying bestseller, Storming Intrepid, was "a stunning success...a literally out-of-this-world chess game of nuclear proportions" ( "Baltimore Sun" ). His next thriller, Thunder of Erebus, was hailed as "a grand military epic" ( "Dallas Times Herald" ). Now this acclaimed master of technological fiction presents a powerfully convincing novel of the ultimate government secret... Forbidden Summit In a granite fortress near Colorado Springs lies the nerve center of America's early warning system. Known as Cheyenne Mountain, it conceals a small army of technicians who sweep the skies with their sensors, searching for any threat to national security. Reporting for duty on a cold December night, NORAD intelligence officer Frank Hannon considers graveyard shift inside the Mountain to be strictly routine. This time, it isn't. Four unidentified aircraft are sited and tracked on a controlled descent over North America. Hannon quickly alerts his superiors. The official response--or lack of it--is puzzling. Now, with forty-seven days before his retirement, Hannon launches his own investigation. A strange and startling journey that will take him through a twisting maze of government lies to a desolate summit on a desert mesa. There, far from public eyes, the truth is waiting...
Payne Harrison's electrifying bestseller, Storming Intrepid, was "a stunning success...a literally out-of-this-world chess game of nuclear proportions" ( "Baltimore Sun" ). His next thriller, Thunder of Erebus, was hailed as "a grand military epic" ( "Dallas Times Herald" ). Now this acclaimed master of technological fiction presents a powerfully convincing novel of the ultimate government secret... Forbidden Summit In a granite fortress near Colorado Springs lies the nerve center of America's early warning system. Known as Cheyenne Mountain, it conceals a small army of technicians who sweep the skies with their sensors, searching for any threat to national security. Reporting for duty on a cold December night, NORAD intelligence officer Frank Hannon considers graveyard shift inside the Mountain to be strictly routine. This time, it isn't. Four unidentified aircraft are sited and tracked on a controlled descent over North America. Hannon quickly alerts his superiors. The official response--or lack of it--is puzzling. Now, with forty-seven days before his retirement, Hannon launches his own investigation. A strange and startling journey that will take him through a twisting maze of government lies to a desolate summit on a desert mesa. There, far from public eyes, the truth is waiting...
Payne Harrison's electrifying bestseller, Storming Intrepid, was "a stunning success...a literally out-of-this-world chess game of nuclear proportions" ( "Baltimore Sun" ). His next thriller, Thunder of Erebus, was hailed as "a grand military epic" ( "Dallas Times Herald" ). Now this acclaimed master of technological fiction presents a powerfully convincing novel of the ultimate government secret... Forbidden Summit In a granite fortress near Colorado Springs lies the nerve center of America's early warning system. Known as Cheyenne Mountain, it conceals a small army of technicians who sweep the skies with their sensors, searching for any threat to national security. Reporting for duty on a cold December night, NORAD intelligence officer Frank Hannon considers graveyard shift inside the Mountain to be strictly routine. This time, it isn't. Four unidentified aircraft are sited and tracked on a controlled descent over North America. Hannon quickly alerts his superiors. The official response--or lack of it--is puzzling. Now, with forty-seven days before his retirement, Hannon launches his own investigation. A strange and startling journey that will take him through a twisting maze of government lies to a desolate summit on a desert mesa. There, far from public eyes, the truth is waiting...