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Who is Temper? Mary Temperance Link, the captivating daughter of United States Senator Wilson Link, could be described as an adult Nancy Drew or perhaps a youthful Miss Marple--but Temper, a profeminist whose crusades against weapons of mass destruction often exasperate her father, is unique. THE ATOMIC HELL PUZZLE, a compelling tale of romance and mystery right out of the news, is set at the dawn of the new millennium. Wounded Russian pride, economic chaos, and a visceral hatred of NATO have embittered the Russian military. With the security of the United States in jeopardy, Temper, her father, astronaut Rowdy Marshall (guarded by his little angel dog), and their cohorts race against time to solve the intriguing puzzle created when vital directed-energy scientists disappear from the Livermore nuclear weapons lab, then Rowdy's grandfather, a venerable United States Senator, is mysteriously assassinated. The sleuths (including Senate staff members Tom Brousard, a hungry cajun, and Kami Walton, a Hawaiian sexpot), set out to unravel the mystery and are ensnared in a SVR (KGB) maelstrom that leads them to ancient Pueblo Indian ruins near Los Alamos, onto the ski slopes of Lake Tahoe and Switzerland, into the depths of the NORAD/USSPACECOM Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, and through the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada's Gold Country. Will the mole LUDLUM or bioterriorists Carlis and Daniella strike again? Can the American people be protected from germ, chemical, or nuclear-armed ICBMs? Has SHAHMAT checkmated NATO? SVR agent Harrison Starre's infatuation for Temper and her affection for Rowdy serve only to confound the antagonists. Can Temper survive to run for the golden olive wreath and men's world record in the first New York City World Peace Marathon? Track the clues to the story's exciting climax as the sabotaged space shuttle CONSTITUTION lifts off from its California spaceport to deploy its crucial payload!
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