Darkest DaysPenguin, 2007 - 342 pages All over the world, the enemies of the United States Plot its destruction, and enemies are everywhere: from the deserts of the Middle East... to the jungles of Central America... to the very heart of the United States... It begins with a tragedy. Air Force One crashes into the ocean, and the president and first lady are confirmed dead -- ushering in a new Washington regime... It continues with an attack. An apocalyptic explosion tears through Yellowstone National Park, with foreign terrorists named as the culprits... It ends with one soldier. Long operating secretly in Sudan, Army Lieutenant Adam Burch receives word that both of his parents have vanished. Going AWOL, Burch returns to the United States to find them. Instead he finds a nation under siege from within: Freedom is a memory, fear rules with an iron hand, and those in power are willing to sacrifice millions of lives to achieve their sinister goals -- unless Burch can stop them... |
Contents
ONE | 5 |
TWO | 8 |
THREE | 10 |
FOUR | 14 |
FIVE | 17 |
SIX | 19 |
SEVEN | 22 |
EIGHT | 26 |
FIFTYSIX | 184 |
FIFTYSEVEN | 187 |
FIFTYEIGHT | 189 |
FIFTYNINE | 190 |
SIXTY | 195 |
SIXTYONE | 199 |
SIXTYTWO | 204 |
SIXTYTHREE | 209 |
NINE | 31 |
TEN | 34 |
ELEVEN | 36 |
TWELVE | 39 |
THIRTEEN | 43 |
FOURTEEN | 47 |
FIFTEEN | 51 |
BOOK TWO | 55 |
SIXTEEN | 57 |
SEVENTEEN | 61 |
EIGHTEEN | 65 |
NINETEEN | 67 |
TWENTY | 70 |
TWENTYONE | 77 |
TWENTYTWO | 80 |
TWENTYTHREE | 87 |
TWENTYFOUR | 91 |
TWENTYFIVE | 95 |
TWENTYSIX | 99 |
TWENTYSEVEN | 103 |
TWENTYEIGHT | 106 |
TWENTYNINE | 111 |
THIRTY | 116 |
THIRTYONE | 121 |
THIRTYTWO | 123 |
THIRTYTHREE | 125 |
THIRTYFOUR | 128 |
THIRTYFIVE | 130 |
THIRTYSIX | 132 |
BOOK THREE | 135 |
THIRTYSEVEN | 137 |
THIRTYEIGHT | 140 |
THIRTYNINE | 144 |
FORTY | 146 |
FORTYONE | 149 |
FORTYTWO | 152 |
FORTYTHREE | 153 |
FORTYFOUR | 156 |
FORTYFIVE | 158 |
FORTYSIX | 159 |
FORTYSEVEN | 160 |
FORTYEIGHT | 168 |
FORTYNINE | 170 |
FIFTY | 171 |
FIFTYONE | 172 |
FIFTYTWO | 175 |
FIFTYTHREE | 179 |
FIFTYFOUR | 181 |
FIFTYFIVE | 183 |
BOOK FOUR | 213 |
SIXTYFOUR | 215 |
SIXTYFIVE | 217 |
SIXTYSIX | 220 |
SIXTYSEVEN | 223 |
SIXTYEIGHT | 227 |
SIXTYNINE | 229 |
SEVENTY | 233 |
SEVENTYONE | 237 |
SEVENTYTWO | 238 |
SEVENTYTHREE | 241 |
SEVENTYFOUR | 245 |
SEVENTYFIVE | 248 |
SEVENTYSIX | 250 |
SEVENTYSEVEN | 255 |
SEVENTYEIGHT | 258 |
SEVENTYNINE | 260 |
EIGHTY | 263 |
EIGHTYONE | 268 |
EIGHTYTWO | 270 |
EIGHTYTHREE | 272 |
EIGHTYFOUR | 274 |
EIGHTYFIVE | 275 |
EIGHTYSIX | 279 |
EIGHTYSEVEN | 281 |
EIGHTYEIGHT | 285 |
EIGHTYNINE | 287 |
NINETY | 290 |
NINETYONE | 292 |
NINETYTWO | 293 |
NINETYTHREE | 295 |
NINETYFOUR | 296 |
NINETYFIVE | 298 |
NINETYSIX | 300 |
NINETYSEVEN | 303 |
NINETYEIGHT | 304 |
NINETYNINE | 308 |
ONE HUNDRED | 313 |
ONE HUNDRED ONE | 316 |
ONE HUNDRED TWO | 317 |
ONE HUNDRED THREE | 319 |
ONE HUNDRED FOUR | 321 |
ONE HUNDRED FIVE | 324 |
ONE HUNDRED SIX | 327 |
ONE HUNDRED SEVEN | 330 |
ONE HUNDRED EIGHT | 333 |
ONE HUNDRED NINE | 336 |
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