{"product_id":"the-day-before-midnight-9780553282351","title":"The Day Before Midnight","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen--given the possibility of an atomic 'given.' A wrap-up you'll never forget.\"--Robert Ludlum\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe countdown begins when welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home ans whisked to the South Mountain MX missile site--a top-secret nuclear complex now taken over by paramilitary terrorists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll that stands between the Uzi-armed commandos and the launch button is a half-ton titanium block. They want Jack Hummel to cut through it--so they can unleash a devastatingly brilliant plot that threatens global disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow a Delta Force veteran and a think-tank defense wizard must get inside South Mountain--by defeating their own super-security systems and a darkly ingenious enemy leader . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . while Jack Hummel's torch burns closer and closer to the launch key . . . while the clock ticks closer to midnight--and Armageddon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Day Before Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rockets toward a shattering climax like an incoming missile.\"\u003cb\u003e--Stephen Coonts, author of \u003ci\u003eFlight of the Intruder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinal Flight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nonstop action and mounting tension.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Slam-bang action and relentless suspense.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The novel crackles and jolts.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class . . . an edge-of-the-seat doomsday countdown thriller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eDaily News, \u003c\/i\u003eNew York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553282351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.89h x 4.18w x 1.20d","brand":"Stephen Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059702038709,"sku":"9780553282351","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_37af8694-bc0e-41d4-a648-0c1b7a345775.jpg?v=1690297291","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-day-before-midnight-9780553282351","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}