| Cold War: Power Plays 05 Contributor(s): Clancy, Tom (Author), Greenberg, Martin H. (Author), Preisler, Jerome (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425182142 ISBN-13: 9780425182147 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: In Antarctica, Roger Gordian's UpLink Technologies' research facility tests robotic landing craft for use on Mars, but testing is disrupted when one of the rovers disappears--along with the repair team sent out after it. Fear of discovery has prompted a renegade consortium that is illegally dumping nuclear waste nearby to destroy the UpLink Base. Now, everyone at the base have only themselves to rely on as the consortium mounts its strike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002554636 |
| Series: Tom Clancy's Power Plays (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 4.2" W x 6.77" (0.38 lbs) 352 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 59244 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unspoiled. Uninhabited. Under attack... On the wind-swept, ice-covered continent of Antarctica, Roger Gordian's UpLink Technologies has established a scientific research facility called Cold Corners. But its testing of potential robotic landing craft for use on Mars is disrupted when one of the rovers disappears--along with the repair team sent out after it. Fear of discovery has prompted a renegade consortium--that is illegally using Antarctica as a nuclear waste dump--to wipe out the UpLink base. Now, the men and women of Cold Corners have only themselves to rely on as the consortium mounts its decisive strike against the ice station--and the final sunset plunges them into the total darkness of a polar winter... |