Books by Doug Beason

At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California-one of the nation''s premier nuclear-weapons design facilities-high-level physicists operate within heavy security to model and test new warhead designs. But politics can be just as dangerous as the weapons they design, and with gigantic budgets on the line, scientific egos, and personality clashes, research can turn deadly.When a prominent and abrasive nuclear-weapons researcher is murdered inside a Top Security zone, FBI investigator Craig Kreident is brought in on the case-but his FBI security clearance isn''t the same as a Department of Energy or Department of Defense clearance, and many of the clues are "sanitized" before he arrives. Kreident finds that dealing with red tape and political in-fighting might be more difficult than solving a murder.Written by two insiders who have worked at Lawrence Livermore, Virtual Destruction is not only a gripping thriller and complex mystery, but a vivid portrayal of an actual US nuclear-design facility.

They call themselves Eagle's Claw, one of the most extreme militia groups in the United States. They have infiltrated the Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. And the most frightening display of nuclear terrorism is about to unfold.Only the Nebula-nominated collaboration of Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason could masterfully blend hard-as-nails high technology with hard-driving intrigue to deliver such an explosive thriller. FBI Special Agent Craig Kreident-the unforgettable hero from Virtual Destruction-returns in this breathtaking tour de force of terrorism, cutting-edge technology, and raw emotional power.

At Fermilab near Chicago, researchers use the world's largest particle accelerator to unlock the secrets of the subatomic universe. While working late one night, Dr. Georg Dumenico-candidate for the Nobel Prize in physics-is bombarded with a lethal exposure of radiation. He will die horribly within days.FBI Special Agent Craig Kreident knows it was no accident-but he has to prove it, and the clock is ticking. The nation's most valued research is at stake, and only Dumenico himself knows enough to track down his own murderer...if he survives long enough to do it.

It is the largest oil spill in history: a supertanker crashes into the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environmental damage (as well as the PR disaster), the multinational oil company releases an untested designer oil-eating microbe to break up the spill.What the company didn't realize is that their microbe propagates through the air ... and it mutates to consume anything made of petrocarbons: oil, gasoline, synthetic fabrics, plastics of all kinds. And when every piece of plastic begins to dissolve, it's too late....

In shock and grief the last remnants of the human race watched from space as the holocaust of war raged across the face of the Earth. Now the future rested in the hands of three fragile space colonies: Aguinaldo-The Philippine L-5 colony whose brilliant biochemist engineered a limitless supply of food. Kibalchich-The Soviet space exploration platform that harbors a deadly secret. Orbitech 1-The American space factory whose superstrong weavewire could be a lifeline to link the colonies-or a cutting-edge weapon of destruction.As allies, they could unite to rebuild a better world. As enemies, they could destroy mankind's last hope for survival.

AIR FORCE TWO WAS MISSING!When last contacted, Air Force Two, with the Vice-President of the United States aboard, was flying high over the Philippine jungle.On board was not only the Vice-President, but the "football" that gave him the power to initiate nuclear war. For in Washington, D.C., the U.S. President lay dying.At the newly reconstituted Clark Air Base, the orders went out: Air Force Two, aloft or downed, had to be found. The Vice-President, alive or dead, had to be brought back.The hunt was on. The race against time and the ultimate terror had begun . . . in an action-packed military thriller of supersonic suspense and explosive excitement-