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Table of Contents
Copyright
2005 © Ronald W. Hull
Chapter
1: The Unthinkable
7/1/02
Ali Jaheed
and his father watch in disbelief as a nuclear bomb destroys Washington,
D.C., and the United States Government. Former
Vice President Phyllis Knox takes command to quell anarchy and rescue survivors.
Chapter 2:
The Survivors
7/5/02
A traffic helicopter
miraculously survives the bomb’s shock wave and reports the story live
to the nation a half hour later. A tank crew
on maneuvers survives what it is built and trained for and returns to
help. A key unit for the country’s defense is
trapped in a Cold War bomb shelter under the site of the destroyed Pentagon.
President Knox
orders key strategists from the FBI, CIA, and NSA to Destination 35
to come up with a secret plan to eradicate terrorism from the planet.
Chapter 4:
Aftermath
8/25/02
As the days
become a blur of media coverage, Ali discovers that his best friend,
Rob Johnson, is missing. Rob’s mother, at
wit’s end, sees Ali as her only hope and seduces him.
Ali discovers where Rob went.
Chapter 5:
The Search
9/7/02
Ali take matters
into his own hands and drives out across the country to bring Rob back. He finds deep distrust and unexpected friendliness
in the heart of America. When he does find
Rob, his worst fears are realized.
Chapter 6:
Escape from Hell
9/15/02
After four
days of nonstop rescues, Marty Hamilton and his crew are given the mother
of rescues. Going where no has gone before,
they drive their tank into the Hot Zone and retrieve Colonel Forsythe
and the other survivors in the Pentagon bunker.
Chapter 7:
Rescuing Rob
10/6/02
John White’s
compound so scares Ali that he cannot think of a way to rescue Rob. Instead, he turns to the local law. When the Sheriff turns a deaf ear, Ali returns to
California in disgrace.
Chapter 8:
A Strange Normalcy
10/23/02
Ali returns
to school but doesn’t attend. He avoids
Mrs. Johnson but gives in to his desire. John
Forsythe is given the command of a lifetime that will result in an important
letter to Ali’s father.
Chapter 9:
Signing Up
10/27/02
Ali and his
father receive visitors from the State Department.
When Rashid questions why they want his son, he is persuaded
to allow his son to sign up for twenty years and a good education.
Chapter 10:
Basic Training
2/2/03
Ali must fool
his friends into thinking that he is going back to Pakistan. Instead, he embarks on a unique training regime,
beginning with Basic Training. He masters Basic
with ease. It will get much harder.
Chapter 11: The Academy
4/21/03
Ali joins others
of his kind at Destination Five for an intensive college experience.
Chapter 12:
Special Training
6/25/03
Ali learns
how to survive, kill, and conquer. His ordeal
in the desert teaches him that luck plays as big a role in survival as skill.
Chapter 13:
On Assignment
7/13/03
Rob escapes
a horrible death, only to join his captors. On
assignment to San Francisco to do recon on the area bridges, he takes
chances that threaten to reveal him and John
White’s plan.
Chapter 14:
Assignment Pakistan
9/4/03
Ali graduates
and accepts his assignment. After a surprise
in New York, he arrives in Peshawar to join his extended family. Ali’s uncle, Talha gives him a rapid introduction
into the local way of life.
Chapter
15: Tribal Living
10/7/03
Ali joins his
Uncle on an extended adventure to a Pashtan tribe in the mountains near
the Khyber Pass. Ali learns that the Moslem
faith has no great hold on these freedom-loving people.
Chapter
16: A Real Threat
11/11/03
Rob and Slim
are sent to carry out part of John White’s twisted scheme to get himself
elected as President by casting blame for his deeds on his enemies.
Chapter
17: The Chechnya Connection
1/4/04
Dina takes
the fast track to Moscow. After a brief
involvement with the Russian Mob, she ends up making contact with Chechen
rebels in Georgia.
Ali has successfully
infiltrated the Pashtan tribes by excelling in hunting and marksmanship. In search of the arms trade, he sets up a gun
shop in Mary, Turkmenistan. He stumbles
upon an arms trader with a big secret.
Ali joins
Ahmed Shaw in his illegal arms supply business.
To restock with the latest Russian military gear, they
travel west to trade with the Chechens. In
the town of Poti, Georgia, on the Black Sea, Ali finds Dina again, only
to have her leave him with a great burden.
Chapter 20:
A Day of Reckoning
6/6/04
Rob gets the
shock of his life when John White names Rob as his successor just before
his big surprise. Later, a drunk Slim Sliddel spills the beans in
a way that leaves Rob holding the bag.
Chapter 21:
One Small Step
6/12/04
Ali gets an
onerous assignment from Ahmed. Just when he thinks he has no way
out, Mother Nature lends him a helping hand. The solution is violent,
and Ali knows he kills, but it is necessary to save thousands of lives.
Chapter 22:
Assassination's End
6/26/04
The use of
nonviolent tactics favored by Dina and the martyr, Khondi, lead to the
eventual formation of an Ichkerian state for the Chechens. Old ways
die hard, and the celebration is marred by the senseless act of a madman.
Chapter 23:
Rob's Awakening
7/5/04
With John White
and Slim gone, Rob sees the pointlessness of staying with the Aryan Nation.
He confronts Jim, the self-appointed successor to White, and leaves.
Picking up the pieces of his life, he returns to his mother in San
Jose.
Chapter 24:
Closing the Gap
7/31/04
Ali returns
to the Tribal Territories where his friendship with the elders helps him
learn of and report terrorist suspects. He gets to lead a mission
that defuses a powder keg that, once again, could have thrown the MiddleEast
into turmoil.
Ali's time
in service to his country is up. He makes a call that brings him in
from the heat. Things have changed.
Ali plans to surprise his father, only
to find that he had moved, twice.
Chapter 27:
Picking Up the Pieces
8/26/04
Ali travels
to his father's last known address, only to find that he is too late. Now
he must pick up the pieces.
Ali waits in
San Francisco for his love, only to find much more.
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