**WIRED** In the 21st century, Africa becomes a key battleground for control of global communications. As fiber optic cables are laid across the continent, two powerful forces clash for dominance. Roger Gordian, the head of UpLink Communications, is behind the ambitious and costly project to create a pan-African fiber optic network. His adversary, Harlan Devane, has found a way to exploit …
In 2001, American businessman Roger Gordian has expanded his empire into space. His company is now the leading contractor behind the design and construction of *Orion*, a cutting-edge multinational space station. However, disaster strikes when a shuttle carrying critical components for the station is sabotaged. Guerrilla attacks erupt at manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Kazakhstan. S…
A new strain of mass destruction threatens mankind in this thriller in Tom Clancy's bestselling Power Plays series. The most dangerous man of this century has employed the most dangerous weapon yet. Criminal mastermind Harlan DeVane has developed—and spread—a deadly, genetically engineered “superbug” resistant to all known cures. A microscopic time bomb, it will lie dormant inside i…