{"product_id":"convergence-william-hartman-9781450260671","title":"Convergence: Three Worlds, One Long Afternoon","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the world was faced with a terrorist's nuclear threat, and there was no top secret agent with super-human, near-telepathic abilities standing by? What if the best people for the job were actually the laboratory scientists who had developed the appropriate diagnostic equipment? What if the decision-makers were bureaucrats who were possibly more concerned with their political careers than they were with the actual outcome? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if the bad guys weren't motivated by an evil desire to control the world but by circumstance and the need to provide for their families-and the device wasn't a globe-destroying hydrogen bomb but a dusty, misplaced remnant of the Cold War? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn other words, what if the threat was real? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuided to its termination by three distinctly different ideologies, the convergence of a series of events culminates in September, 1995, with six scientists sitting in silence deep within the Parisian catacombs, staring at an armed rogue nuclear weapon. With tens of thousands of lives hanging in the balance, they are awaiting a decision from the Control Point-a decision that they are increasingly beginning to fear might not come in time. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll heads turned as the device started to click. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Hartman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450260675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450260671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"William Hartman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458388308223,"sku":"9781450260671","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa799a54-1eaf-4365-9418-e55b5e6d8eaf.jpg?v=1777404127","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/convergence-william-hartman-9781450260671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}