{"product_id":"9781504021357","title":"The Tashkent Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eSuperpowers play a deadly game of brinkmanship in this “unputdownable” Cold War thriller by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Enemy at the Gates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Soviet Union delivers an ultimatum to the president of the United States: Surrender unconditionally within 72 hours or a secret weapon of unprecedented capabilities will take millions of American lives.\u003cbr\u003e President William Mellon Stark ran on a campaign of peace and kept his promises, slashing the military budget and pouring millions into domestic programs. Now the nation is years behind in the technology of mass destruction. Desperate measures are Stark’s only options.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Soviet Asia, a team of Special Forces saboteurs led by Colonel Joe Safcek attempts to vaporize the mystery weapon with a miniature atom bomb. Closer to home, the president stages an explosive hoax to justify  evacuating Washington, DC. But as zero hours approaches, Stark realizes that it might already be too late, and that he will bear the terrible responsibility of leading the United States into the ultimate confrontation.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182764278000,"sku":"9781504021357","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504021357_p0.jpg?v=1769897147","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504021357","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}