The Devil's Halo - Chris Fox

P/B

Published 2006

The Europe where Americans once vacationed is fading from memory. Germany is bankrupt, NATO dissolved. A supersized Greater European Union, led by France and Russia, engages in political brinkmanship with American power.

The new leaders of Europe are obsessed with 'the American problem', that Europe still plays a global No. 2 to the U.S. Even in space, the new frontier, the pentagon plans to deploy a Space Shield that will give the U.S. military this high ground. But the DGSE spy service has developed a technology solution. Elegant. Mathematical. Devastating. It will make Europe No. 1 in space, and reduce the U.S. military to a fighting force that will have to fight with its fists.

Only Terry and Maria have the skill technical know-how to penetrate deep into enemy territory to prevent a stunningly cynical act of sabotage from ending America's days as a superpower. But old friends and even family members can no longer be trusted, as the two great rivals of the 21st century head for a conflict as inevitable as tomorrow's headlines.