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The Viking Sands: Endgame
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ISBN13：9780985050832
出版社：Lightning Source Inc
作者：Thomas Torrens
出版日：2022/10/10
裝訂：平裝
規格：21.6cm*14cm*1.1cm (高/寬/厚)
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The Viking Sands: Endgame is a sequel to the original thriller, The Viking Sands. It unfolds against a continuing global oil crisis where the price of crude has soared to record levels, causing economic and political chaos worldwide. A catastrophic nuclear exchange in the Middle East over oil had earlier produced a globe-encircling cloud of fallout leaving widespread radiation sickness, hunger and violent civil unrest in its wake. In the midst of all of this chaos the Russians initiate a plan to corner the world's oil markets to restore themselves to economic supremacy after having endured years of humiliating marginalization. Using oil as his trump card, Russia's authoritarian President vows to succeed economically where the former Soviet Union had failed politically. The Russians must first remove all of their competitors through covert sabotage. But they cannot achieve their objective without deploying the formidable destructive power of the oil-consuming Viking sands from Mars - the most devastating weapon of the 21st century. Only fugitive Albert Stern, the rogue NASA scientist, still has access to the last of the sands left on Earth. A frantic race develops between the Russians and the Americans to find Stern and his devastating weapon. In a series of dramatic twists and turns, oil production in several key OPEC countries is shut down; energy-starved China is drawn into the international turmoil; and the Russians are forced to repel an attack against their own oil reserves in the Far East. When the Russians finally attempt a clandestine strike against the US's petroleum reserves the Americans must take desperate retaliatory measures in a last-ditch effort to halt the Russians' bid for world economic domination. Throughout the ensuing turmoil three of the world's biggest nuclear powers are brought into a terrifying confrontation. The many strands of this fast-paced thriller are expertly woven together and brought to a staggering denouement. Will Stern be found? Who will finally possess the last of the Viking sands? Will they be used once more to wreak cataclysmic havoc and destruction? Who will finally prevail - the forces of good or evil? The pulsating events of this novel are disturbingly topical. We live in a dangerous world where sometimes fiction can be outpaced by reality. This is what gives The Viking Sands: Endgame a razor edge and a frightening glimpse into a possible dystopian future. Once you pick up this fast moving thriller you won't want to put it down! About the Author: Thomas Torrens background is deeply rooted in the international petroleum industry. For 15 years he held senior legal positions with two major international oil companies. He then joined an international financial institution in Washington DC as its Legal Adviser, Energy where, for 17 more years, he advised and counseled oil-producing member countries worldwide. He currently consults, teaches and acts as an arbitrator/expert witness on international oil matters. He resides, seasonally, in Santa Fe, NM and Casco, ME.
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