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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463683303321

Autore

Greer John Michael

Titolo

Twilight's last gleaming / / John Michael Greer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Karnac, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78241-275-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

The Karnac Library

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Suspense fiction

Political fiction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CAST OF CHARACTERS; PART ONE HUBRIS; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; PART TWO NEMESIS; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; ELEVEN; TWELVE; PART THREE TO THE BRINK; THIRTEEN; FOURTEEN; FIFTEEN; SIXTEEN; SEVENTEEN; EIGHTEEN; PART FOUR CROSSING THE LINE; NINETEEN; TWENTY; TWENTY-ONE; TWENTY-TWO; TWENTY-THREE; TWENTY-FOUR; PART FIVE DISSOLUTION; TWENTY-FIVE; TWENTY-SIX; TWENTY-SEVEN; TWENTY-EIGHT; TWENTY-NINE; THIRTY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

A chilling high-concept geo-political thriller where a declining United States and a resurgent China come to the brink of all out nuclear war.The year is 2025. Oil is the black gold that controls the fortunes of all nations and the once-mighty United States is down to the dregs. A giant oil field is discovered off the Tanzanian coast and the newly elected US President finds his solution to America''s ailing economy. While the US blindly plots and plans regime change in this hitherto insignificant African nation, Tanzania''s allies - the Chinese - start their own secret machinations. The explos