Turning Point
- ISBN-10
- 1479110957
- ISBN-13
- 9781479110957
- Series
- Turning Point
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-16
- Author
- Rod Link
Description
When Tel Aviv is annihilated by an atomic bomb and Jerusalem is overrun by its enemies, Israel unleashes a top-secret bio-weapon upon the world. Simultaneously Los Angeles is hit by a terrorist- inspired atomic blast. Ashton Crawford, a former fighter pilot and the present Secretary of Defense, is now confronted with the tasks of protecting U. S. citizens from the resulting world-wide plague and responding to the holocaust in L. A. Ashton turns to his former lover, Linda Helms, an Air Force Major General and immunization expert, who consequently will face dangers chasing a rogue plague in Africa. Charlene Watson, who knows and loves them both, is a military trauma nurse involved in saving lives during the chaos. In Los Angeles, Rose Santos works tirelessly in a mobile field hospital set up in the Disneyland parking lot, in Egypt Ambassador Duke Hanson evacuates the U.S. Embassy under perilous odds, and from Washington, Linda Helms deals with rogue government officials from around the world who hope to make millions from duplicating the antidotal vaccine and others describing chaos and social breakdown in their countries.The author, Rod Link, is a retired Air Force fighter pilot, retired Public Health Director of the Air Force Reserve, and is a practicing veterinarian who works with the USDA as an inspector. Dr. Link served his country during the first Gulf War. His expertise in nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare gives him a background to develop a tale imaging what might unfold from a conflict in the Middle East, an area in the world nicknamed the "graveyard of empires".
