Description for CODE NAME: FIRE ANT by Roland J Bishop: Hardened underground bunkers, secretly constructed over a 40-year period by the former USSR, remain safe from "groundburst" nuclear warheads. In the event of retaliatory strikes, they would ensure survival of key military personnel, government officials and scientific elite; a nucleus for national rebirth amid topographical ruin. The U.S. National Defense Department Laboratories are successful in developing a new generation counter-weapon. BLACK PROGRAM FIRE ANT will pace at risk man's last nuclear sanctuary on planet Earth. Deployment will bring closure to preemptive first-strike military options well into the 21st Century, providing this top secret technology remains free from Russian compromise. In a desperate attempt to restore atomic weapon parity while placing U.S. bunker counterparts at risk, the KGB activates the last of their deep-planted agents entrenched in American "institutions of opportunity". In an era when the micro-chip has replaced the micro-dot, high-tech espionage takes on a new dimension. FBI Special Agent James Craig is faced with his most challenging case, and one which readers of both genders will follow with bated breath and tense excitement. During the course of pursuit and engagement, he becomes attracted to investigative newspaper reporter Karen Turner. Following a painful affair of the heart, she is hesitant to place herself once more in a position of vulnerability. James soon finds himself in a situation worth of any he has encountered in the field. CODE NAME: FIRE ANT ranks with the best of the spy novel genre, and deserves the attention of all lovers of FBI Special Agent espionage-suspense thrillers.
