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The Cold War may be over, but the Russian arsenal of nuclear weapons is still in place. When an emissary from an international terrorist group makes a disaffected Russian minister an offer he just can't refuse, the very survival of America hangs in the balance. Maverick trouble-shooter Paul Richter finds himself up against a mastermind determined to bomb America.

This 1991 novel is volume two in the author's series, "The Work and the Glory," and continues the saga of the Steed family during the early years of LDS Church history, 1830-1836. As the infant Church expands and spreads westward into Ohio and Missouri, the Steeds are swept up in the unfolding drama.