Morning of Despair

Morning of Despair is the second book in The Tower Series, following Origins, released in 2016.

Terrified by the possibility, Israel suspects joint missile tests by Iran and North Korea are a disguise for nuclear missile attacks. Intelligence reports prompt U.S. military leaders to call for a preemptive missile strike against the perpetrators, while the Secretary of Defense suggests it might simply be saber-rattling. U.S. Naval submarines prepare their nuclear missiles for a retaliatory launch after President Martin raises the American defense status to DEFCON 1: Cocked Pistol. War is imminent on the new President's 100th day in office, but as cultures clash and the apocalypse leers, Dr. Michael Benson, a brilliant theoretical physicist, proposes his radical new theory of Intelligent Selection. Could this be the key to purifying Earth's most virulent pollutant?