GREAT EXPECTATIONS

The Sunday Times bestselling edge of your seat non fiction thriller perfect for readers of American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham Essential New York Times A stomach clenching multi perspective ticking clock geopolitical thriller Forbes Tells a terrifying story in a devastatingly straightforward way GuardianNuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen This is a minute by minute account of what comes next It has to be read to be believed There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours nuclear war Until now no one outside official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the Pentagon Second by second and minute by minute these are the real life protocols that choreograph the end of civilization as we know it Decisions that affect hundreds of millions of lives need to be made within six minutes based on partial information in the knowledge that once launched nothing is capable of halting the destruction Based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons been privy to the response plans and taken