Mission: Cain

About the Book

It's 1986, the early years of Islamic extremists and the latter years of the Soviet Union. a U.S. plane mysteriously explodes in the Philippines. The American government receives a message from a terrorist, thought to have been killed two years before, threatening to blow up a U.S. military installation on America's birthday—July Fourth—with a nuclear bomb! Sit in on war councils as an ad hoc committee tries to fathom the mind of a deranged killer and to decipher where he will strike. Alan Lawrence, once close to neutralizing the terrorist—Cain—is recalled to duty with the CIA from an early retirement at his Virginia farm. He chased Cain literally around the globe, but he is always a step behind. Meanwhile, components of the bomb are being smuggled into the country cleverly disguised as parts of track-and-field equipment. Will Lawrence stop Cain this time, or will July Fourth bring to America nuclear holocaust?

About the Author

Larry Barthurst grew up in Midlothian, Virginia, and is a graduate of the University of Richmond and the University of North Carolina. He was 1973 Virginia State Champion in the decathlon and coached eleven years at his alma maters. He currently designs and builds houses, and his hobbies include gardening, running, and building eighteenth-century furniture in his shop. He lives with his wife, Carolyn, in America County, Virginia.