A novel that crackles with timely excitement and riveting authenticity, "Desert Thunder" rockets the reader into the world of modern military special operations. When the Iraqis get hold of a weapon of devastating power -- a modified Russian-made Blackjack bomber with a terrifying capacity for wholesale destruction -- a beleaguered U.S. President sends a combined strike force of Navy SEALs and Air Force commandos into hostile territory to snatch the instrument of destruction from the enemy's clutches. But the mission's success is undone when a high level indiscretion puts the Blackjack in the hands of a diabolical mastermind with his own apocalyptic agenda. And now Eagle Force must save its country from a rain of hellfire more devastating than anything America has ever known.