Trapdoor

by Bernard J. O'Keefe

O'Keefe, intimately connected with nuclear weapon technology, spins a tale of international intrigue, involving the defection of a woman whose mathematical skills and experience in a high-tech company have made it possible for her to disarm the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

324 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1988

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 1 out of 5]

I guess this book is a good reminder of the many nuances of the cold war era, but reading this book in 2011, I found it somewhat antequated. The early info about the characters as olympic-type athletes was more confusing than helpful. And the notion that a single "programmer" could control all the nuclear bombs in the US was somewhat absurd and, yes, that would have been frightening. I would have put this book aside and never finished it, but I kept hoping for some redeeming feature. It never came.