{"product_id":"the-threat-a-dan-lenson-novel-paperback","title":"The Threat: A Dan Lenson Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Poyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author \u003ci\u003eof The Circle, The Med, The Gulf, The Passage, Tomahawk, China Sea, Black Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Command \u003c\/i\u003e. . . a heartstopping thriller of danger and conspiracy at the highest levels of command and government. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMedal of Honor winner Commander Dan Lenson wonders who proposed that he be assigned to the White House military staff. It's a dubious honor---serving a president the Joint Chiefs hate more than any other in modern history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLenson reports to the West Wing to direct a multiservice team working to interdict the flow of drugs from Latin America. Never one to just warm a chair, he sets out to help destroy the Cartel---and uncovers a troubling thread of clues that link cunning and ruthless drug lord Don Juan Nuñez to an assault on a nuclear power plant in Mexico, an obscure Islamic relief agency in Los Angeles, and an air cargo company's imminent flight plan across the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLenson has to battle civilian aides and his own distaste for politics to derail a terrorist strike over the Mexican border. His punishment for breaking the rules to do so is to be sent to the East Wing . . . as the military aide carrying the nuclear \"football,\" the locked briefcase with the secret codes for a nuclear strike, for a president he suspects is having an affair with his wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd something else is going on beneath the day-to-day turmoil and backstabbing. As his marriage deteriorates and his frustration with Washington builds, Lenson becomes an unwitting accomplice in a dangerous and subversive conspiracy. The U.S. military is responsible for its Commander in Chief's transportation and security. If someone felt strongly enough about it . . . it would be easy for the president to die.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA terrorist scheme. A nuclear threat. An assassination attempt. This time, the stakes are higher than ever for Commander Dan Lenson in the latest thriller from USA Today \"bestselling author David Poyer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \" \u003cbr\u003e\"\"THE THREAT\" Leaves the reader dazzled.\"--Steve Berry\u003cbr\u003eMedal of Honor recipient Dan Lenson has just been assigned to the White House military staff--a dubious honor, serving a president the Joint Chiefs hate more than any other in modern history. His new concern is counternarcotics, and soon Lenson uncovers a troubling plot that involves a ruthless drug cartel, an assault on a nuclear power plant in Mexico, Islamic terrorists, and a devastating weapon aimed at the heart of America. \u003cbr\u003e\"Poyer [is] a master.\"--\"Kirkus Reviews\"If saving the fate of a nation isn't enough, Lenson also suspects his wife is having an affair with the Commander in Chief. As his marriage deteriorates and his frustration with Washington builds, Lenson becomes an unwitting accomplice in a dangerous and subversive conspiracy--to assassinate the president. Now Lenson must operate at the highest levels of command to serve and protect the man he despises the most and fight for the country, and woman, he loves. \u003cbr\u003e\"TERRIFIC SUSPENSE. POYER IS OUR FINEST MILITARY NOVELIST AND \"THE THREAT\" IS SIMPLY SUPERB.\"--RALPH PETERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain David Poyer's twenty-five books make him the most popular living author of American sea fiction. His career included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, Persian Gulf area, and Pacific. \u003ci\u003eThe Threat\u003c\/i\u003e is the ninth book in his continuing novel-cycle of the modern Navy and Marine Corps, following \u003ci\u003eThe Command, Black Storm, China Sea, Tomahawk, The Passage, The Circle, The Gulf, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Med\u003c\/i\u003e (all available as St. Martin's Press mass-market paperbacks). He lives with his wife and daughter on Virginia's Eastern Shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720310067263,"sku":"9781250051233","price":31.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e2c1f69c5e96b136ece184dcd37fc173.webp?v=1765088725","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-threat-a-dan-lenson-novel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}