Paul Hood, head of Op-Centre, the US government's elite crisis
management team, has resigned and cleared his desk so he can spend
more time with his family. But his retirement is short lived when a
group of rogue United Nations peacekeeping soldiers, outfitted with
stolen UN arms and equipment, take over the UN headquaters at a
gala function where Hood's daughter will perform. They demand a
quarter of a billion dollars in ransom, but when the UN try to
negotiate hostages start dying, and the frustration of negotiation
and diplomacy with cold-blooded killers becomes too much to bear. A
tense and compelling thriller set against a vivid background of
intelligence and crisis-management technology. (Kirkus UK)
The sixth volume in the fast-selling series of high-tech,
high-action thrillers created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
Tom Clancy's Op-Centre, the series of international thrillers
centred on the National Crisis Management Centre in Washington, is
now firmly established as a bestselling phenomenon -- a must for
technothriller fans around the world. The previous volume in the
series, Balance of Power, was yet another Sunday Times top-ten
bestseller. Now that remarkable record is set to continue, with a
spectacular new story -- State of Siege. After years of handling
some of the world's most dangerous international crises, Paul Hood
is about to step down from his position as Director of the
Op-Centre -- only for the latest crisis to erupt much too close to
home. A disgruntled group of ex-members of the UN peackeeping force
have banded together and pulled off a series of daring robberies.
Now they have devised a plan to make USD100,000,000. Armed with
nerve gas, they enter the UN building in New York and take ten
ambassadors hostage, threatening to kill one every half-hour. The
international crisis that ensues is beyond anything that Paul Hood
has ever faced before. . .
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