{"product_id":"the-day-before-midnight-9780553282351","title":"The Day Before Midnight","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen--given the possibility of an atomic 'given.' A wrap-up you'll never forget.\"--Robert Ludlum\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe countdown begins when welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home ans whisked to the South Mountain MX missile site--a top-secret nuclear complex now taken over by paramilitary terrorists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll that stands between the Uzi-armed commandos and the launch button is a half-ton titanium block. They want Jack Hummel to cut through it--so they can unleash a devastatingly brilliant plot that threatens global disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow a Delta Force veteran and a think-tank defense wizard must get inside South Mountain--by defeating their own super-security systems and a darkly ingenious enemy leader . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . while Jack Hummel's torch burns closer and closer to the launch key . . . while the clock ticks closer to midnight--and Armageddon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Day Before Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rockets toward a shattering climax like an incoming missile.\"\u003cb\u003e--Stephen Coonts, author of \u003ci\u003eFlight of the Intruder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinal Flight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nonstop action and mounting tension.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Slam-bang action and relentless suspense.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The novel crackles and jolts.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The one to beat this year in the nail-biter class . . . an edge-of-the-seat doomsday countdown thriller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eDaily News, \u003c\/i\u003eNew York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 20 novels and the retired chief film critic for \u003ci\u003ethe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Third Bullet;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSniper's Honor;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Sniper;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Ripper;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoint of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted for film and TV as \u003ci\u003eShooter. \u003c\/i\u003eHunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924028461330,"sku":"9780553282351","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5becaf00-6e14-4b82-b6ce-d716cf932661.jpg?v=1738968935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-day-before-midnight-9780553282351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}