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Going Critical, by Richard Dirc Pitt

Skydiving to the edge of a volcano, Yancy Lightfoot takes the ultimate risk to save his loved ones.

Two elements of crime that should never mix—nuclear devices and the cocaine trade—collide in a deadly plot. A few years after the Berlin Wall came down, a rogue Russian general enters the world of stolen nuclear weapons, involving himself and his fellow oligarchs in the cocaine trade. Meanwhile, a Colombian cartel is expanding its global reach, and the Russians are selling off field-pack, one-kiloton nuclear devices.

Powerful people with the wealth and influence to strike back are furious at the United States. Caught in the middle is Yancy Lightfoot, now equipped with advanced Night Cruisers, racing to stop a modern-day catastrophe. If he and his team fail, the power of law enforcement—and the United States government—will be forever changed.

Amid all the action, drama, romance, and heartbreak, Going Critical paints a larger-than-life picture of human survival.

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