"As a Boeing 727 circles over Washington awaiting to land, the pilot discovers he is carrying a nuclear bomb set to explode shortly. The bomb was brought on board by the wife of a defense scientist with a grudge against the government. She thought she was transporting a scientific instrument. The novel describes the drama that follows as the pilot flies out to sea. By the author of Pandora's Clock."
"Een Amerikaanse geleerde die een onconventionele neutronenbom heeft ontwikkeld, probeert na zijn ontslag met dit wapen via zijn ex-vrouw wraak te nemen op de militaire overheid."
"As a Boeing 727 circles over Washington awaiting to land, the pilot learns he is carrying a nuclear bomb, unwittingly brought on board by the wife of a defense scientist with a grudge against the government. The pilot is forced to abandon his present course and fly out to sea to try to dispose of the bomb before it explodes."
"Scott McKay, captain of an air cargo company, discovers while in the air over Washington D.C. that he is carrying a fully armed device that when detonated has the power to destroy millions of people, and to make matters worse, McKay's plane is in the direct path of an incoming hurricane."