Charon's Landing is an adventure novel

Adventure novel

The adventure novel is a genre of novels that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme.-History:...

 by Jack Du Brul

Jack Du Brul

Jack Du Brul is a New York Times Best-Selling Author from Vermont who writes Techno-thrillers.-Early life:...

. This is the 2nd book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Philip Mercer.

Plot introduction

In a bold decision, the President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 has decided to free America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 from its dependence on foreign oil by using Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

's oil deposits and developing alternative energy sources. It is a move that threatens the oil-rich Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

-and some will not tolerate such a course of action.

Years ago, a secret Soviet strategy was created to strike a fatal blow to the U.S. by destroying the Alaskan oil pipeline. Now those plans have been stolen by the brilliant and treacherous former KGB

KGB

The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...

 agent Ivan kerikov, who joins forces with a powerful Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

oil minister to unleash Charon's Landing.

But they didn't count on Philip Mercer-the one man who possesses the determination and daring to stop them cold.