Valley Where the Mushrooms Grow
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In memory of Stanislav Petrov, The Man Who Saved the World.
This book is the feeling you get when a tornado awakes you in the middle of the night. When you lose control of your car, racing it on an endless highway. When the world falls apart around you, and there's only one goal; survive to tell your story.
A Cold War historical thriller wrought with mystery, this intricate story spearheads a new sub-genre deemed "Nuclear Noir." Frank Valenci is a cop in rural Nevada. He witnesses the power of an atomic weapon test, foreshadowing the End of Days. Trapped in the desert with the same men he imprisoned, they must unite or die. Could the solution to his nightmare be intertwined with a 30-year-old cold case?
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