The Underground : Fictional Memoir Of A Real Nuclear Launch Officer

It's time to be blunt... I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth. - Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the barren northern plains, nuclear missiles outnumber people. As a seemingly ordinary day unfolds... Ethan and Will take command of a nuclear missile launch control center. As Ethan encounters the bizarre reality of nuclear alert for the first time, Will's sage wisdom awakens him to some startling truths about the weapons in his care. Justine and Sam lead their teams of nuclear launch officers from a cramped office on the main military base. They slog dutifully at their computers, desperately struggling to run a squadron that possesses megatons of thermonuclear firepower but is helmed by an utterly inept commander. Melanie, a young journalist, is shaken by the revelation that the nuclear weapons that surround her town may be likely to kill her. Craving answers, she sets out to uncover the truth about nuclear weapons, humankind's most terrifying invention. But when they least expect it, terror besieges them all. As the world suddenly unravels toward nuclear war and death looms near, each faces a choice that will define their lives and alter the fabric of history. The Underground reveals the true nature of nuclear weapons--the monotony, the terror, and the stupendous questions they make us ask ourselves.

Author: A. G. Putnam

Publisher: Independently Published

Publication Date: Sep 18, 2018

Number of Pages: 234 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1720299544

ISBN-13: 9781720299547