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Medusa's child /

Nance, John J.

Medusa's child / - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, 1997. - viii, 388 p. ; 25 cm.

As a Boeing 727 circles over Washington awaiting to land, the pilot discovers he is carrying a nuclear bomb set to explode shortly. The bomb was brought on board by the wife of a defense scientist with a grudge against the government. She thought she was transporting a scientific instrument. The novel describes the drama that follows as the pilot flies out to sea. By the author of Pandora's Clock.

0385483430 0312962452 (pbk.)

96027656


Terrorism--Fiction.
Bombings--Fiction.
Transport planes--Fiction.
Nuclear weapons--Fiction.
Air pilots--Fiction.


Washington (D.C.)--Fiction.

PS3564.A546 / M43 1997

813/.54