A Frightening Discovery 1968. The fledgling nation of Israel is threatened when the
intelligence services find out that Egypt is only months away from developing nuclear weapons.
An untimely end awaits the young nation unless a source of uranium for Israeli bombs can be
obtained in complete secrecy. Impossible of course unless someone as improbable as the plan
can be found to steal it. A Daring Mission Working alone Israeli agent Nat Dickstein
concocts an ingenious scenario for the biggest and quietest hijacking in history. A task made
all the more difficult by the factions trying to stop him. Time is Running Out Dickstein
plans to steal the uranium and fool the Russian KGB Egyptian Intelligence and the Arab
extremists the Fedayeen. As the nuclear arms race in the Middle East escalates to frightening
proportions the fate of millions of lives hangs in the balance in this fictionalized account
of one of the best-kept secrets of the twentieth century. 'Highly imaginative . . .
fascinating' Washington Post 'A sizzling narrative. . . . Follett is a master' Time
