Scimitar SL2 (A Plot Against the West to Fire A Nuclear Headed Guided Cruise Missile) [5 Audio CDs/6 Hrs.]

(5 Audio CDs) Fans of Robinson's submarine thrillers will be delighted with this latest. It is discovered that Ravi Rashood - America's nemesis, the former SAS officer who is now the head of Hamas - has hatched a diabolical plot against the West: to fire a nuclear headed guided cruise missile - Scimitar SL-2, named for the curved sword of the Muslim warrior Saladin - into Cumbre Vieja. Retirement to Admiral Morgan is not a welcome prospect, and sure enough the former National Security Advisor sniffs out the diabolical plot against the U.S. Morgan find himself battling his greatest enemy yet, racing against time to locate Rashood, the silent, underwater marauder, and stop him before the unimaginable occurs. David McCallum masters the pace and action as a potential geologic disaster looms. He reels off details of the vast mobilization of the Navy's assets, complete with search coordinates, military hardware, and other jargon. David McCallum masters the pace and action as a potential geologic disaster looms. He reels off details of the vast mobilization of the Navy's assets, complete with search coordinates, military hardware, and other jargon. McCallum commands the sudden shifts of action and reaction, and he conveys both subtle menace and spoken outbursts with superb skill, and understatement. Listeners won't want to miss a single word.