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The Rock

by Robert Doherty
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Overview

IN AUSTRALIA...a U.S. air Force computer operator receives a terrifying radio transmission that knocks out the world's communications.

IN NEW MEXICO...a boozy college engineering professor is suddenly escorted into a waiting car by two armed military men.

IN NEW YORK...a tall, slender woman leaves her husband a note on the refrigerator saying that she's leaving -- but can't tell him where she's going.

IN COLOMBIA...a Special Forces office breaks into a drug kingpin's bedroom and puts a bullet into a woman's brain before running to a waiting helicopter.

AND IN ENGLAND...a beautiful twenty-three-year-old mathematician prepares for a journey that will change her life forever.

They've all been "invited" to Australia's mysterious Ayers Rock, where a message of chilling significance is beign sent by an unknown source. It's about a bomb. It's about a world about to be shattered. It's about the last few days they have left to save us all.

Synopsis

IN AUSTRALIA...a U.S. air Force computer operator receives a terrifying radio transmission that knocks out the world's communications.

IN NEW MEXICO...a boozy college engineering professor is suddenly escorted into a waiting car by two armed military men.

IN NEW YORK...a tall, slender woman leaves her husband a note on the refrigerator saying that she's leaving -- but can't tell him where she's going.

IN COLOMBIA...a Special Forces office breaks into a drug kingpin's bedroom and puts a bullet into a woman's brain before running to a waiting helicopter.

AND IN ENGLAND...a beautiful twenty-three-year-old mathematician prepares for a journey that will change her life forever.

They've all been "invited" to Australia's mysterious Ayers Rock, where a message of chilling significance is beign sent by an unknown source. It's about a bomb. It's about a world about to be shattered. It's about the last few days they have left to save us all.

About the Author, Robert Doherty

Bob is the best-selling author of over 40 books. He is a West Point graduate, served in the Infantry and Special Forces (Green Berets): led an Infantry platoon and then Battalion and Brigade level Reconnaissance platoons; commanded an A-Team and as a Special Forces battalion operations officer; commanded a training company, and was an instructor/writer at the JFK Special Warfare Center & School at Fort Bragg. He also served in Special Operations Western Command on a variety of classified assignments. He has been studying, practicing and teaching change, team-building, leadership and communication for over thirty years. He is the Co-Creator of Who Dares Wins Publishing. His books have hit the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, USA Today and other best-seller lists. He has been published in many genres, including thriller, science fiction, suspense, romance and non-fiction. He has appeared on PBS, NPR and the Discovery Channel and in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated and Army Times among other publications as an expert consultant. He has sold millions of books around the world.

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Editorials

Kirkus Reviews

β€œFascinating, imaginative and nerve-wracking.”

Publishers Weekly

β€œThe best combination of science fiction and technothriller this year.”

Book Details

Published
December 1, 1995
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pages
384
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN
9780440220725

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