| The Black Diamond: Get in the Car and Go Get in the Car and Go | | | Author:
| Young, Larry | | Artist:
| Proctor, Jon | | ISBN: | 978-1-932051-53-7 | | Publication Date: | Aug 2008 | | Publisher: | A i T/Planet Lar
| | Book Format: | Paperback | | List Price: | USD $19.95 | Book Description:
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- Fifty years from now, an elevated highway spans the nation. Initially aresponse to international terrorism, the US government grounds commercialairline flights and builds "The Black Diamond." The project leader and chiefarchitect is named Jim Maddox. Years pass and Maddox's daughter, Kate, becomesan engineering savant in her own right. Married to Dr. Don McLaughlin, DDS, theyhave an idyllic relationship; both the top of their fields and highly respected.But when the government...
More Description - Fifty years from now, an elevated highway spans the nation. Initially aresponse to international terrorism, the US government grounds commercialairline flights and builds "The Black Diamond." The project leader and chiefarchitect is named Jim Maddox. Years pass and Maddox's daughter, Kate, becomesan engineering savant in her own right. Married to Dr. Don McLaughlin, DDS, theyhave an idyllic relationship; both the top of their fields and highly respected.But when the government decides to clean up The Black Diamond heading east andKate is kidnapped to be used as a hostage by forces loyal to the road, Dr.McLaughlin has to borrow his brother-in-law's illegal 1973 Mercury Cougar to geton the highway and rescue his wife 150-feet above and 100-miles-an-hour fasterthan anything he's ever known! He wants his life back; he needs his wife back.It's life in the fast lane!
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