Steve Pieczenik Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Über das Internet wird eine neue, teure Designerdroge angeboten, die den Aggresssions- und Sexualtrieb so steigert, dass jeder Mensch zu einer Zeitbombe wird. Die Net Force muss so schnell wie möglich den Anbieter dieser gefährlichen Droge finden, bevor es zur Katastrophe kommt.

Geheimnisverrat: Wie in einem Versteckspiel belauern sich die Net-Force-Experten und die CIA. Jeder hat den anderen im Verdacht, geheime Daten in fremde Hände zu vermitteln. Todesduell: Aus einem Freizeitsport wird tödlicher Ernst und nur das Net-Force-Team kann eine Katastrophe verhindern.

Bypassing all safeguards, terrorists enter Fort Stephens and detonate a truck full of powerful explosives. Within hours, other bases are hit, and the Army calls in Net Force to help. But they are countered at every move by a cunning opponent who thinks just like their own.

In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBP the Net Force. When web service is disrupted across the world, a new nation makes its presence known. Terrorists from a virtual country called CyberNation have taken the web hostage. Their demands: worldwide recognition and rights for their "citizens." Though there are millions of CyberNation sympathizers, Net Force rallies its troops for an all-out war on three fronts -- politically, physically, and electronically -- because dealing with terrorists is never an option...

The Striker team is sent in to capture an Islamic cleric who is stirring up a rebellion in the Indian government and gets caught up in a full-scale war.

The explosion of a Chinese freighter–carrying illegal workers–in Charleston Harbor is the first sign that someone is capping Chinese interests abroad. After explosions in South Africa and Taipei, Op-Center roots out the cause: warring factions in the Chinese government. But still reeling from budget cuts and an almost devastating attack by an electromagnetic pulse explosion, Op-Center itself sustains a third hit: the removal of Commander Paul Hood, replaced by a three-star general from the Army. Op-Center is now under the control of the Pentagon. Hood's own future exists at the whim of the new President. And the world braces for more attacks….

A top secret Pentagon wargame is hacked. Only Net Force has the expertise to track down the culprit, but they are tied up with other priorities. Due to shifting budget priorities, Net Force is moved onto the DoD budget. That means that as a military operation, they can now give top priority to the Pentagon's problem. They soon make a connection between the attack and a Chinese general in Macau. But this investigation is too big for Net Force and they are forced to work with members of Cybernation, the virtual reality nation which has opposed Net Force in the past.

Het Op-Center wordt ingeschakeld als blijkt dat kernafval dat in de Celebeszee had moet worden gedumpt, wordt doorverkocht aan terroristische groepen.

Drei neue Fälle für das Net-Force-Explorer-Team: §Andy Moore entdeckt hinter der Fassade eines Zirkus einen groß angelegten Schwarzmarkt für High-Tech-Waffen und illegale Software. §Matt Hunter untersucht den gewaltsamen Tod einer jungen Frau aus der so genannten »feinen« Gesellschaft. §Nachdem ihr Freund Burt verschwunden ist, macht sich Megan O`Malley auf die Suche nach ihm. Sie erfährt, dass er bei einem Kurierunternehmen beschäftigt ist, das dafür bekannt ist, dass seine Kuriere nach einem Auftrag meist nie mehr wieder auftauchen.§§

After years of fending off challenges from the world's most dangerous terrorists, Op-Centre has been brought to heel by the US Congress. A short-sighted committee has cut Paul Hood's budget, and the first victim is his friend Mike Rodgers. But General Rodgers may not be looking for work for very long. Dynamic Senator Donald Orr is making a run for President at the head of his own third party. Running on a platform of extreme isolationism, Orr presents a real challenge to the two-party system, and he needs a strong military advisor to make his team complete. The problem is that Orr may be involved in more than just ordinary political intrigue. The bodies of two murdered millionaires may be tied into the new party, and Op-Centre is seeking the killer.

The Ops-Center team faces untold chaos on a mission in Africa in the ninth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series created by Tom Clancy and former Department of State official Steve Pieczenik. On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates—and finds out that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation’s diamond mines. With its military team, Striker, out of commission, Op-Center must reinvent itself—and head straight into the crossfire of an African war.

The eighth novel in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling Net Force series. Though the head of a major multinational corporation—and a key player in world affairs—Samuel Walker Cox has a past that few people know about. But that group is about to get bigger. A computer disk has fallen into the hands of the Net Force, outing the powerful American businessman as a former Russian spy. Cox is willing to see the world in ruins to protect his name. Lucky for the United States that Net Force is on the job—and is about to prove that no man is above the law.

From the bestselling creators of Op-Centre come a different kind of law enforcement. Tom Clancy's Net Force. In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI- Net Force. Minor viruses are eating away at the Net Force computers. The e-mail shutdowns and flickering monitors are hardly emergencies . . .but they've been keeping the tech department hopping. Same with the sudden rash of time-consuming lawsuits. No one in Net Force has a moment to spare, which is exactly the way Mitchell Townsend Ames wants it. Because when the shadowy mastermind launches his master plan, he wants Net Force to be looking the other way . . .

Politický thriller zavádí čtenáře do nejvyšších politických kruhů USA, které stojí na pokraji nukleární války. Nevysvětlitelné události v Evropě přivedou Spojené státy a Rusko do stavu akutního ohrožení zničující válkou. V čase nejvyšší nouze nastupuje na scénu hrdina, atraktivní intelektuál, specialista na krizové situace, aby se dobral pravdy a zachránil svět. Aćkoliv má přístup na ta nejvyšší mocenská místa, je ze začátku bezradný, neboť centra různých zájmových skupin stojí proti sobě a hrají vysokou hru, kterou prohlédnout není vůbec snadné... Román zkušeného autora vychází ze znalosti prostředí, ale je přehlcen záplavou postav a přehnaně vykonstruovaných zápletek. 20040103 Nejedlyv

Mezi USA a Čínou začne stoupat napětí v okamžiku, kdy svérázný náměstek ministra zahraničí Dr. Desaix Clark zamíří do Pekingu, aby přišel na kloub zákulisí čínské politické hry. Postupně odhaluje brutální boj o politickou moc a mohutný vír podvodů, v němž žádný z hráčů není tím, kým se původně být zdá. Překonává zrádný labyrint mučení, zrady a nelítostného násilí, aby se octl na prahu nelítostného souboje o vlastní život, a zároveň boje o zastavení hrozící války o celé pobřeží Pacifiku.

When the Cservanka Circus comes to Virginia as part of its world tour, Andy Moore ends up getting a summer job in the virtual games section, managed by Radu. Radu seems to be running a successful black market operation and it soon becomes clear that he has an ulterior motive in using Andy's computer skills. Andy and the Net Force Explorers must stop Radu from converting Andy's games software into a real weapons guidance system before an international catastrophe beyond anyone's wildest dream is realised...

Julio Cortez is a legend among his friends in the Net Force Explorers for his feats of derring-do in virtual flight simulators. But now he's in a real life or death dogfight. To get him out, the Explorers are going to have to break down the barrier between the real world and virtual reality.

In this new adventure, a fellow student makes life miserable for the rest of the Net Force by sabotaging a virtual simulation program. But when a Force exiles him from the group, the brilliant outcast creates a virtual playroom that will blow them all away. Based on the major mini-series from ABC-TV.

On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Centre investigates – and finds that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With its military team, Striker, out of commission, Op-Centre must reinvent itself – and head straight into the crossfire of an African war.A powerful profile of America's defence, intelligence and crisis management technology, Tom Clancy's Op-Centre is the creation of Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik – inspiring this and other gripping novels.

Americký autor Steve Pieczenik zúročil své obsáhlé osobní zkušenosti z působení v mocenské centrále USA – na ministerstvu zahraničí – a přichází s mistrně autentickým románem o druhé občanské válce v Americe. Svou politickou fikci zkoncentroval do několika desítek hodin svátečního víkendu 4. července, kdy USA slaví Den nezávislosti. Guvernéři čtyř západních států – Utahu, Colorada, Wyomingu a Arizony vyhrožují vystoupením z Unie. Jejich zbraní při vyjednávání je ohromná přehrada Glen Canyon v Page v Arizoně: jestliže prezident nepřistoupí do dvaasedmdesáti hodin na jejich požadavky, zničí přehradu a životy tisíců lidí budou v nebezpečí. Žádají přistoupení ke všem ústavním právům a plnou vojenskou kontrolu vlastních hranic. S prezidentem a viceprezidentem v zahraničí padá bezprostřední odpovědnost na ministryni zahraničí Barbaru Reynoldsovou, černošskou diplomatku obdařenou důvtipem i inteligencí. Když se pak v Arizoně námořní pěchota postaví proti Národním gardám západních států, posílá Barbara Reynoldsová doktora Alisona Cartera, aby začal vyjednávat. Ale Carter se ocitá v síti klamu a zrady; navíc musí čelit nebezpečným otázkám, na něž není odpovědi. Kdo má opravdu separatistické hnutí pod kontrolou? A jsou to jeho spojenci nebo nepřátelé?

Wanneer - waar dan ook ter wereld - een conflict dreigt uit te groeien tot een wereldcrisis, komt Op-Center in actie. Onder zenuwslopende omstandigheden coordineert directeur Paul Hood de interactie tussen het computercentrum en het veldteam. Militaire bliksemacties ter plekke, geregisseerd door de meest geavanceerde computertechnologie ter wereld.

Wanneer - waar dan ook ter wereld - een conflict dreigt uit te groeien tot een wereldcrisis, komt Op-Center in actie. Onder zenuwslopende omstandigheden coördineert directeur Paul Hood de interactie tussen het computercentrum en het veldteam. Militaire bliksemacties ter plekke, geregistreerd door de meest geavanceerde computertechnologie ter wereld.

Matt Hunter besucht mit Freunden ein Oldtimer-Baseballspiel der "Orioles" im Stadion von Baltimore. Das wurde zu einer virtuellen Erlebniswelt umgebaut, und so ist es möglich, die historischen Baseballgrößen wie zum Beispiel Babe Ruth live zu erleben. Plötzlich tauchen aber in diesem Spiel vier Männer mit Maschinenpistolen auf und schießen wahllos in die Menge. Mats Freund Leif Anderson wird dabei schwer verletzt. Irgendein Computergenie muss in das System eingedrungen sein und es manipuliert haben.

Kurdische Terroristen planen Anschläge auf die Wasserversorgung der Türkei, um einen Weltkrieg im Mittleren Osten zu provozieren. Ein mobiles OP-Center wird jedoch die Aktivitäten der gefährlichen Rebellen überwachen.

It is 2011 and in the peaceful retirement village of Daru on the Chinese mainland, local police find themselves helpless when the elderly residents suddenly turn violently insane. Tests on the food and water reveal nothing and the Chinese government - along with the rest of the world - are left to ponder on the implications of this bizarre group-psychotic episode. It is only when Net Force discover a top secret defence project has been compromised that the horrifying truth begins to emerge, and unless they can track down the traitor in time, a potentially devastating new super-weapon could be let loose.

The eighth volume in the fast-selling series of high-tech, high-action thrillers centred on Washington's National Crisis Management Centre. schovat popis

Netforce is een wereldwijde organisatie die in de nabije toekomst het Web beheerst en controleert. Als er iets mis dreigt te gaan worden de Netforce Explorers ingezet: een groepje whizzkids dat alles weet van de virtuele wereld. Geheimen worden geopenbaard op het Net, levensgevaarlijke geheimen, en niemand weet wie erachter zit en waarom. Captain Winters van de Netforce Explorers heeft het vermoeden dat er een kind achter zit. Hij geeft onze Explorers de opdracht hun ogen en oren open te houden als ze op het Net surfen. David, vindt aanwijzingen die leiden tot zijn werkgever, een bedrijf dat de nieuwste manier ontwikkelt om op het Net te surfen. Hij weet dat hij zijn mentor bij de Netforce Explorers moet inlichten over zijn vermoedens. Voordat David echter die kans krijgt, zit hij er tot zijn nek in en is het allerminst zeker of hij het zal overleven...

Netforce is een wereldwijde organisatie die in de nabije toekomst het Web beheerst en controleert. Als er iets mis dreigt te gaan worden de Netforce Explorers ingezet: een groepje whizzkids dat alles weet van de virtuele wereld. Andy Moore, een van de Netforce Explorers, heeft al op jonge leeftijd zijn vader, een hooggeplaatste commandant bij de marine, verloren tijdens de oorlog in Zuid-Afrika in 2014. Tien jaar later beweert een van Andy's klasgenoten dat zijn vader helemaal geen held was, maar 5000 burgers gedood heeft met behulp van een illegaal biologisch wapen. En de klasgenoot heeft er tevens bewijzen voor. Maar wat niemand weet is dat de jongen hoogst vertrouwelijke informatie gestolen heeft van de Zuid-Afrikaanse regering en de informatie zo aangepast heeft dat Andy's vader er slecht vanaf komt. Zuid-Afrikaanse spionnen proberen de informatie weer terug te krijgen en zijn bereid daar alles voor te doen, inclusief moord...

Andy Moore lost his father when he was just a small child. His father, a highly decorated Marine captain, died fighting in the South African War in 2014. A decade later, one of the kids at Andy's school claims that Andy's father wasn't a hero at all, that he released an illegal biological weapon that killed 5,000 civilians. The kid has evidence that seems to prove it but what nobody knows is that he hacked highly sensitive information from the South African government archives and doctored it to make Andy's dad look bad. And a slew of South African spies, willing to do anything up to and including murder, are about to descend on the school to get that information back...

Durante una cena alla Casa Bianca, il presidente ha uno strano comportamento e la first lady rivela a Paul Hood, capo del segretissimo OP-Center e suo vecchio amico, che teme per la sanità mentale del marito. Intanto a Baku, capitale dell'Azerbaigian e importantissimo centro petrolifero del Caspio, un pericoloso terrorista ha ucciso due agenti della CIA e ha scatenato un attacco contro una piattaforma petrolifera iraniana, facendo salire alle stelle la tensione fra Iran, Azerbaigian e Russia. Ma l'obiettivo e le menti dell'attacco si trovano a Washington e solo Paul Hood e le tecnologie e il coraggio degli uomini di Op-Center potranno sventare il colpo di stato che minaccia l'America.

In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBP the Net Force.When web service is disrupted across the world, a new nation makes its presence known. Terrorists from a virtual country called CyberNation have taken the web hostage. Their demands: worldwide recognition and rights for their "citizens." Though there are millions of CyberNation sympathizers, Net Force rallies its troops for an all-out war on three fronts -- politically, physically, and electronically -- because dealing with terrorists is never an option...

Nel 2025 i computer dominano il mondo. E Net Force è una squadra di agenti investigativi che ha il compito di sorvegliare la rete e di proteggerla da qualsiasi attività criminale on-line. Tra loro c'è un gruppo di ragazzi formidabili che con i computer sono a volte più abili degli adulti: i Net Force Explorers, maghi dell'informatica che sono in grado di arrivare dove nessun altro è mai arrivato e che combattono il crimine come nessun altro ha mai fatto... Il regno virtuale di Sarxos è il wargame più popolare della rete. Migliaia di fan vi accedono tutte le notti guidando fantastiche armate in battaglia. Ma cominciano a verificarsi fatti inspiegabili: alcuni computer vengono danneggiati, e un giocatore è aggredito e picchiato. Megan O'Malley e Leif Anderson, dei Net Force Explorers, sono incaricati delle indagini. E scoprono che la loro conoscenza del mondo virtuale non basta a proteggerli dai pericoli di un gioco che all'improvviso è diventato troppo reale.

Het is 2010. Het Internet is uitgegroeid tot het centrale zenuwstelsel van de wereld en is het slagveld van internationale terroristen geworden. Een nieuwe organisatie is opgericht om hen te bestrijden: Net Force. Binnen Net Force is de Internet-divisie actief in de virtuele wereld., terwijl de Net Force Strike Teams altijd paraat staan om de strijd tegen de misdaad voort te zetten in de echte wereld. In Washington komt Steve Day, hoofd van de pas opgerichte Net Force, bij een bloederige aanslag om het leven. Het zou een vergeldingsactie van de maffia kunne nzijn,want in zijn vorige functie heeft Day de georganiseerde misdaad een zware slag weten toe te brengen. Wellicht heeft de hoogste baas van de maffiafamilies, Ray Genaloni, de opdracht tot deze liquidatie gegeven. Of is deze moord slechts een afleidingsmanoeuvre? Steeds sterker wordt het vermoeden dat het gevaar wel eens uit een heel andere hoek sou kunne nkomen. Uit de virtuele wereld... Voor Days opvolger, Alexander Michaels, telt nu elke minuut. Hij ziet zich geplaatst tegenover een onbekende tegenstander, die erop uit is om via het Net chaos op wereldschaal te creëren. Een geduchte oppnent, die zo briljant opereert dat hij zelfs alle experts van Net Force te slim af lijkt te zijn...

By 2011 the Internet has become the world's central nervous system. If terrorists are going to subvert the new world order, this is where they will strike. Net Force is the new organisation to deter them - a team of highly trained operatives whose homeground is the Virtual Reality world of the Net, with the Net Force Strike Teams at the ready to take the battle into the realworld. When a top-secret cargo train carrying materials for Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme is destroyed by mercenaries, it's the first of a series of incidents in which supposedly bullet-proof encrypted information is stolen and deciphered. Someone, it seems, has got hold of a functioning quantum computer - a computer so powerful it has the potential to develop a consciousness. If Net Force don't track the perpetrator down, his demented scheme could re-draw the map of the world forever...

Xanadu is the world's most exclusive resort. It's also a possible base for the worst Net thefts ever. Now it's up to Megan and the Net Force Explorer team to delete these techie thieves. Inspired by Clancy's adult "Net Force" series and ABC-TV miniseries.

In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them, control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI: the Net Force.A list of every U.S. spy in the Euro-Asian theater ... the movements of rival drug cartels ... Someone with access to classified information is posting it on the Internet --- and it's costing lives. Net Force Commander Alex Michaels is in the hot seat. Now, before a hostile Senate committee, he must justify the very existence of the Net Force.Meanwhile, a virus is unleashed that throws the federal financial systems into chaos. And the Net Force operatives must hunt the wily hacker through the twists and turns of cyberspace --- down a path that leads them dangerously close to home ...

The Internet has become vital in protecting the world from terrorism and sabotage. The FBI's Netforce Explorers is a group of computer freaks who help out when danger strikes. Here, they stumble across a gang of criminals determined to break the barriers between the real and the virtual world.

Nel 2010, Internet è diventato un mondo virtuale e tridimensionale, dove i desideri degli utenti sembrano non avere limiti. Tuttavia, questa libertà attira anche figure oscure che abusano della rete per attività criminali. La "Net Force", una speciale sottosezione dell'FBI, combatte contro queste minacce. Il team di autori unisce la fascinazione per Internet con elementi di un avvincente thriller: mafia, omicidi su commissione, l'uso di forze speciali e un rapporto amoroso platonico. Il cattivo, Wladimir Plechanow, è vicino al suo obiettivo. Per distogliere l'attenzione della "Net Force" dalle sue manipolazioni, pianifica l'omicidio del capo della polizia informatica, cercando di attribuire il delitto al boss mafioso newyorkese Ray Genaloni. Il suo diabolico piano mira a creare confusione, permettendogli di completare il suo progetto indisturbato. Inizia una corsa contro il tempo, con rapidi cambi di scena che mantengono alta la tensione. La dettagliata caratterizzazione dei personaggi e delle loro motivazioni conferisce credibilità alla storia. Cupo, minaccioso e ricco di suspense – un romanzo riuscito.

Set in 2010, this first book in a new series tells the story of highly trained operatives who patrol the Internet.

Poco dopo che il gruppo Striker ha salvato un veicolo spia dell'Operative Center nelle drammatiche circostanze della valle di Bikáa, il centro si trova ad affrontare un'altra crisi. La Spagna è minacciata di disgregazione a causa del piano di un alto ufficiale, generale dell'esercito spagnolo, di scatenare scontri tra vari gruppi etnici per poi presentarsi come "unificatore" del paese. La violenza esplode con l'esplosione di uno yacht, dove si erano riuniti importanti rappresentanti dell'industria; un attentato contro una diplomatica americana ha lo scopo di dissuadere gli Stati Uniti dall'intervenire. Tuttavia, gli USA non possono permettere l'indebolimento della Spagna, parte della NATO, e inviano il gruppo d'intervento Striker, che si trova costretto ad eliminare il generale. L'Operative Center agisce nell'ombra, operando in modo rapido ed efficace, monitorando i punti nevralgici degli eventi mondiali e intervenendo dove la fragile equilibri di pace e stabilità è minacciata.

Turchia. I terroristi curdi hanno fatto saltare una grande diga sul fiume Eufrate mettendo drammaticamente in crisi le riserve idriche della regione. Non un gesto di follia ma la prima fase di un piano attentamente preordinato e ambizioso: scatenare un conflitto in Medio Oriente per ottenere l'indipendenza al tavolo dei negoziati. Intanto, sempre in territorio turco, si ? installata una nuova sezione dell'Op-Center denominata ROC, un'unit? mobile di sorveglianza elettronica dotata di sofisticate apparecchiature in grado di controllare ogni mossa dei ribelli. Ma i curdi si rivelano pi? agguerriti di quanto ci si potesse aspettare e mettono a segno un'azione audace sequestrando l'automezzo americano e catturando il suo equipaggio. I prigionieri vengono portati nella base libanese dei terroristi, in una valle inaccessibile. Il generale Mike Rodgers, vicedirettore dell'Op-Center, viene torturato. E' un evento gravissimo, le cui conseguenze potrebbero essere catastrofiche.

Wanneer een groep Koerdische terroristen een dam in Turkije opblaast in de hoop daarmee Syrië te destabiliseren en een conflict in het Midden-Oosten te ontketenen, grijpt een supergeheime Amerikaanse interventiemacht in.

The Cold War is over. And chaos is setting in. The new President of Russia is trying to create a democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian mafia, the right wing nationalists, and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar. Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart . . . but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck . . .

Derde deel in de Op-Center serie over het crisisteam dat overal ter wereld ingrijpt bij conflicten.

Wanneer een conflict dreigt uit te groeien tot een wereldcrisis, komt Op-Center in actie. In Contra-Commando wordt het team geconfronteerd met de chaos in het Rusland van nu. Tegengewerkt door criminele en reactionaire machtsblokken - de meedogenloze mafia, de ultrarechtse nationalisten en de neo-tsaristen - tracht de Russische president een nieuwe democratische orde op te bouwen. Ter bestrijding van deze machtige krachten wordt het Op-Center-team ingezet. Een zware taak, temeer daar al snel blijkt dat deze zelfde krachten over een goed georganiseerde, nietsontziende contra-organisatie beschikken...

The Cold War is over. And chaos is setting in. The new President of Russia is trying to create a democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian mafia, the right wing nationalists, and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar. Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart . . . but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck . . .

Nella Germania unificata i nazisti del Duemila scatenano disordine e caos. L'intero pianeta corre il rischio di soccombere ad una catastrofe. Solo Op-Center può sventare il progetto criminale.

Op-Center è il nome in codice di una nuova unità governativa di Washington che opera in semiclandestinità in tutte le missioni considerate molto pericolose. Il centro utilizza gli ultimi ritrovati tecnici in fatto di guerra elettronica e batteriologica, le nuove frontiere su cui oggi si combatterebbe un conflitto mondiale. Sotto la guida di Paul Hood, Op-Center entra in azione quando una bomba provoca una strage durante un comizio politico e la pace tra le due Coree inizia a vacillare. I commandos vengono mandati in Corea, ma Matt Stoll, il responsabile dei computer del centro, scopre che un virus li ha resi inutilizzabili. In Corea, il generale che guida i ribelli, opera per scatenare la terza guerra mondiale. La guerra sarà scongiurata, ma fino a quando?

La Russia del dopo Eltsin è nel caos. Il ministro degli Interni, che sogna di ricostruire l'impero sovietico, si allea con i nazionalisti di destra e con uno spietato boss del crimine. Dopo un attentato di matrice russa compiuto a Manhattan, l'uccisione di una spia inglese e una bomba contro la sede di un giornale polacco, il presidente USA mette in azione Op-Center, l'organizzazione top-secret. Ma anche la Russia ha il suo Op-Center: e mentre da Mosca a Washington a San Pietroburgo le due unità gemelle si scontrano in un singolare duello, il mondo rischia di esplodere...