Silver Tower

It is 1992 and Silver Tower is America's first permanent space station, used in defence against intercontinental ballistic missiles. As the Middle East war between Iran and Iraq escalates, the Russians and Americans are drawn into the first limited nuclear war in space. The Silver Tower is America’s first permanent space station. Its primary function is to conduct experiments on space-based lasers for America’s defence against intercontinental ballistic missiles. But on Earth, far below the Silver Tower, tensions between the Soviet Union and United States are reaching breaking point. From Turkey, the US Rapid Deployment Forces mobilise to stop a Russian invasion of Iran with bombing raids from F/A 16D fighter-bombers. But the Soviets go on the offensive and launch intermediate-range nuclear missiles. What follows is a dramatic, all-too-plausible chain of events leading towards the first nuclear war in space… 'Silver Tower' is fast-paced, impeccably authentic, with a riveting, nail-biting finale. ‘Brown knows whereof he writes… a superb storyteller’WASHINGTON POST ‘Intriguing… tense high-tech dogfights’PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ‘Dale Brown is the best military adventure writer in the country’CLIVE CUSSLER It is 1992 and Silver Tower is America's first permanent space station, used in defence against intercontinental ballistic missiles. As the Middle East war between Iran and Iraq escalates, the Russians and American's are drawn into the first limited nuclear war in space. Dale Brown is also the author of "Flight of the Old Dog".