Destroy the Kentucky [Paperback]

“More twists and turns and intriguing characters than any three adventure tales…tough to tear your eyes from” (Clive Cussler,New York Timesbestselling author of the Dirk Pitt® series).

SPIES, SOLDIERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS—IN THE HUNT FOR THEKENTUCKY

PETER MacKENZIE: In the USSSeawolfhe had outdueled the Soviet’s best submarine. But a tragic accident wrecked his self-confidence. Now he’s back in foreign waters in command of a Soviet submarine—and a top-secret hunt for the stolen US minisub…

RAZA: Brought to Moscow for special training, he became a colonel in the Spetsnatz Special Forces and head of a radical group in Turkmenistan, his native Arab land. Then he masterminded the taking of theKentucky—and turned it against his former masters…

JUSTINE SEGURRA: She was painfully familiar with the ways of revolution. Now the CIA agent and wife of Captain MacKenzie is living and riding with hard, committed desert men—searching for theKentucky’s missing nuclear payload…

KEMAL: He is the charismatic leader of the Karadeen and the grandson of theMahdi—holy man—imprisoned by the Soviets. The Russians have told him that the recovery of the hijacked missiles will mean freedom for theMadhi, but he has his own plans for his proud people…Bart Davis has written four nonfiction books,The Woman Who Can’t Forget,Closure,Shooting Stars, andHoly War on the Home Front. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and Stony Brook University and holds a BA in English and an MA in social work.Destroy the Kentucky

CHAPTER ONE

NATO Air Force Base, Scotland

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