Bombing Runs

Bombing Runs

by Barry Vass

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Bombing Runs is one of the most gripping tales of nuclear terrorism to come along in a long time. Set in Las Vegas and the empty desert north of town, Bombing Runs is the story of Sally Hart, a LVMPD sergeant who stumbles across a plot by Al Qaida operatives to divert a railway shipment of high-level nuclear waste into the city and detonate it on the Strip, causing maximum carnage. The final showdown speeding into Las Vegas on the roof of the deadly train is well worth the price of admission. Spare, lean, thrilling, if you have thought at all about the consequences of placing a nuclear waste dump 90 miles from Las Vegas, this is one book you won't be able to put down. Bombing Runs was a semifinalist in the 2005 William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition.

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    How does Sergeant Sally Hart’s role as a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer shape her perspective on the threats facing the city compared to federal or intelligence agents?

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    If you lived in a city located just 90 miles from a proposed nuclear waste storage site, how would that proximity influence your daily sense of security and civic engagement?

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    In what ways does Barry Vass use the stark, isolated landscape of the desert north of Las Vegas to heighten the tension and psychological weight of the narrative?

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