Breaking Point

 

 

 

Breaking Point – Net Force 04

 

Tom Clancy

Synopsis:

In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers.

Those who control them control the world.  To enforce the Net Laws,

Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI:

the Net Force.

Reeling from a shattered personal life, Net Force Commander Alex

Michaels is informed that top secret information from a joint Air

Force-Navy venture has been accessed and downloaded.  The research

involves an atmospheric weapon with the capability to drive half a

country into madness using low frequency wave generation.  Now the

technology has fallen into the wrong hands- and testing has begun... A

powerful examination of America's defense and intelligence systems of

the future.

NOVELS BY TOM CLANCY

The Hunt for Red October Red Storm Rising Patriot Games The Cardinal of

the Kremlin Clear and Present Danger The Sum of All Fears Without

Remorse Debt of Honor Executive Orders Rainbow Six

SSN: Strategies of Submarine Warfare

CREATED BY TOM CLANCY AND STEVE PIECZENIK

Tom Clancy's Op-Center Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Mirror Image Tom

Clancy's Op-Center: Games of State Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Acts of War

Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Balance of Power Tom Clancy's Op-Center: State

of Siege Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Divide and Conquer

Tom Clancy's Net Force Tom Clancy's Net Force: Hidden Agendas Tom

Clancy's Net Force: Night Moves Tom Clancy's Net Force: Breaking

Point

CREATED BY TOM CLANCY AND MARTIN GREEN BERG

Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Politika Tom Clancy's Power Plays: ruthless.

com Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Shadow Watch

NONFICTION

Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship Armored Cav: A Guided

Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an

Air Force Combat Wing Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary

Unit Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force Carrier: A

Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier Into the Storm: A Study in Command

(written with General Fred Franks) Every Man a Tiger (written with

General Charles Homer) Tom Clancy's Net FORCE

BREAKING POINT

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieezenik

Written by Steve Perry

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TOM CLANCY'S NET FORCE: BREAKING POINT

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Segriff, Denise Little, John Heifers, Robert Youdelman, Esq..  and Tom

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David Shanks, and Tom Colgan.  As always.

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--SEAN PATRICK O'MAHONEY

PART ONE

All Polities Are Local