☢️ Nuclear Risk

Unflinching assessments of how close we live to atomic disaster — from near-misses and system failures to the terrifying logic of mutually assured destruction.

Nuclear War

by Annie Jacobsen • 2024

North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.

4.36

53k+

🚀 Nuclear Deterrence 📋 Nuclear Policy 🏃 Arms Race

Nuclear War 92%

North Korea fires a missile. Civilization ends in 72 minutes. Exactly how, protocol by protocol.

by Annie Jacobsen 2024

4.36

53k+ ratings

🚀 Nuclear Deterrence 📋 Nuclear Policy 🏃 Arms Race

Command and Control

by Eric Schlosser • 2013

One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.

4.27

15k+

🧪 Nuclear History 🥶 Cold War Era 💥 Technological Disaster

Command and Control 90%

One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.

by Eric Schlosser 2013

4.27

15k+ ratings

🧪 Nuclear History 🥶 Cold War Era 💥 Technological Disaster

Going Nuclear

by Tim Gregory • 2025

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

4.47

309

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions

Going Nuclear 90%

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

by Tim Gregory 2025

4.47

309 ratings

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes • 1986

Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.

4.40

25k+

🔬 History Of Science ⚛️ Nuclear Physics ☢️ Atomic Age

The Making of the Atomic Bomb 90%

Physics made the bomb inevitable long before any general asked for it.

by Richard Rhodes 1986

4.40

25k+ ratings

🔬 History Of Science ⚛️ Nuclear Physics ☢️ Atomic Age

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

by Andrew Leigh • 2021

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

3.81

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion

What's the Worst That Could Happen? Summary

What's the Worst That Could Happen? 89%

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

by Andrew Leigh 2021

3.81

53 ratings

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion

The Precipice

by Toby Ord • 2020

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

3.94

5k+

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety

The Precipice 89%

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

by Toby Ord 2020

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety

Arsenals of Folly

by Richard Rhodes • 2007

Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.

3.96

856

🧊 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Arms Race 🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship

Arsenals of Folly 89%

Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.

by Richard Rhodes 2007

3.96

856 ratings

🧊 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Arms Race 🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship

The Sum of All Fears

by Tom Clancy • 1991

Terrorists detonate a lost nuke in Denver, aiming to ignite a war between the superpowers.

4.08

67k+

⚙️ Techno-Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism 🎭 False Flag Attack

The Sum of All Fears 89%

Terrorists detonate a lost nuke in Denver, aiming to ignite a war between the superpowers.

by Tom Clancy 1991

4.08

67k+ ratings

⚙️ Techno-Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism 🎭 False Flag Attack

Our Final Invention

by James Barrat • 2013

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

3.72

4k+

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Our Final Invention 89%

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

by James Barrat 2013

3.72

4k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Shopping for Bombs

by Gordon Corera • 2006

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

3.80

123

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

Shopping for Bombs 88%

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

by Gordon Corera 2006

3.80

123 ratings

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

The Bear and the Dragon

by Tom Clancy • 2000

China storms Siberia for its oil. To stop them, America arms Russia, risking nuclear war.

3.92

32k+

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller ⚔️ Near Future War

The Bear and the Dragon 88%

China storms Siberia for its oil. To stop them, America arms Russia, risking nuclear war.

by Tom Clancy 2000

3.92

32k+ ratings

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller ⚔️ Near Future War

Prisoner's Dilemma

by William Poundstone • 1992

A Hungarian polymath invented game theory. The Cold War turned his thought experiment real.

3.92

2k+

🎲 Game Theory 🥶 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Strategy

Prisoner's Dilemma 88%

A Hungarian polymath invented game theory. The Cold War turned his thought experiment real.

by William Poundstone 1992

3.92

2k+ ratings

🎲 Game Theory 🥶 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Strategy

Iran and Israel

by Mark Hitchcock • 2013

Iran gets the bomb, Israel strikes, Russia invades: the sequence Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago.

3.78

🔮 Biblical Prophecy 🌍 Middle East Politics ☪️ Islamic Eschatology

Iran and Israel 88%

Iran gets the bomb, Israel strikes, Russia invades: the sequence Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago.

by Mark Hitchcock 2013

3.78

46 ratings

🔮 Biblical Prophecy 🌍 Middle East Politics ☪️ Islamic Eschatology

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

3.92

7k+

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 88%

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025

3.92

7k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races

If Russia Wins

by Carlo Masala • 2025

Ukraine falls, then Russia probes NATO's border. The alliance cracks, and Article 5 goes unused.

3.94

4k+

🗺️ Geopolitics 🛡️ European Defense 📋 Scenario Analysis

If Russia Wins 88%

Ukraine falls, then Russia probes NATO's border. The alliance cracks, and Article 5 goes unused.

by Carlo Masala 2025

3.94

4k+ ratings

🗺️ Geopolitics 🛡️ European Defense 📋 Scenario Analysis

Age of Danger

by Andrew R. Hoehn • 2023

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

3.81

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia

Age of Danger 88%

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

by Andrew R. Hoehn 2023

3.81

70 ratings

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia

The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi • 2018

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

4.49

127

⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology

The Future of Fusion Energy 88%

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

by Jason Parisi 2018

4.49

127 ratings

⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology

Memorial Day

by Vince Flynn • 2004

A nuclear device is seized, but a second bomb is already racing toward the capital.

4.33

53k+

☢️ Nuclear Terrorism ⏰ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Lone Wolf Operative

Memorial Day 88%

A nuclear device is seized, but a second bomb is already racing toward the capital.

by Vince Flynn 2004

4.33

53k+ ratings

☢️ Nuclear Terrorism ⏰ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Lone Wolf Operative

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

4.00

2k+

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception

Falter 88%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

4.00

2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception

Hiroshima

by John Hersey • 1946

Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.

4.05

91k+

☢️ Atomic Bomb 🎙️ War Journalism ✍️ Narrative Journalism

Hiroshima 88%

Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.

by John Hersey 1946

4.05

91k+ ratings

☢️ Atomic Bomb 🎙️ War Journalism ✍️ Narrative Journalism

Lights Out

by Ted Koppel • 2015

A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.

3.71

6k+

⚡ Critical Infrastructure 🔌 Electrical Grid 💥 EMP Threat

Lights Out 88%

A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.

by Ted Koppel 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

⚡ Critical Infrastructure 🔌 Electrical Grid 💥 EMP Threat

The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15k+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety

The Coming Wave 87%

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

by Mustafa Suleyman 2023

3.80

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety

The Gun

by C.J. Chivers • 2010

3.95

3k+

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology

The Gun 87%

by C.J. Chivers 2010

3.95

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology

State of the Union

by Brad Thor • 2004

Sleeper agents activate suitcase nukes in American cities; one operative has hours to stop them.

4.22

31k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Threat

State of the Union 87%

Sleeper agents activate suitcase nukes in American cities; one operative has hours to stop them.

by Brad Thor 2004

4.22

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Destined for War

by Graham Allison • 2017

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

4.19

7k+

🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations

Destined for War 87%

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

by Graham Allison 2017

4.19

7k+ ratings

🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam

by Kenneth W. Ford • 1998

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

4.16

352

⚛️ Nuclear Physics 🌌 Quantum Gravity 📜 History Of Physics

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary

Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam 87%

He rushed to build the bomb. Decades later, he named black holes and chased quantum foam.

by Kenneth W. Ford 1998

4.16

352 ratings

⚛️ Nuclear Physics 🌌 Quantum Gravity 📜 History Of Physics

Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

3.85

21k+

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism

Superintelligence 87%

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

by Nick Bostrom 2014

3.85

21k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism

Apocalypse Never

by Michael Shellenberger • 2020

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

4.16

6k+

🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy

Apocalypse Never 87%

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

by Michael Shellenberger 2020

4.16

6k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy

Overkill

by James Barrington • 2004

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

4.28

1k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Overkill 87%

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

by James Barrington 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Die Wolke

by Gudrun Pausewang • 1987

A nuclear cloud is spreading. With her little brother behind her, a girl pedals into the chaos.

3.67

5k+

🏭 Nuclear Disaster 👧 Sibling Protection 💔 Harrowing Realism

Die Wolke 87%

A nuclear cloud is spreading. With her little brother behind her, a girl pedals into the chaos.

by Gudrun Pausewang 1987

3.67

5k+ ratings

🏭 Nuclear Disaster 👧 Sibling Protection 💔 Harrowing Realism

Drift into Failure

by Sidney Dekker • 2011

Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.

4.01

343

🦺 Safety Science ⚠️ Risk Normalization 🕸️ Systemic Risk

Drift into Failure 87%

Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.

by Sidney Dekker 2011

4.01

343 ratings

🦺 Safety Science ⚠️ Risk Normalization 🕸️ Systemic Risk

The Cold War

by John Lewis Gaddis • 2005

Two empires, opposite ideologies, enough bombs to end everything. Why the Cold War stayed cold.

3.95

9k+

🧊 Cold War History 🪆 Soviet Union 🦅 American Foreign Policy

The Cold War 87%

Two empires, opposite ideologies, enough bombs to end everything. Why the Cold War stayed cold.

by John Lewis Gaddis 2005

3.95

9k+ ratings

🧊 Cold War History 🪆 Soviet Union 🦅 American Foreign Policy

The Bomber Mafia

by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

4.02

65k+

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

The Bomber Mafia 87%

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

by Malcolm Gladwell 2021

4.02

65k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

Bad Ideas?

by Robert Winston • 2009

Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.

3.56

142

⚙️ History Of Technology 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Progress Studies

Bad Ideas? 87%

Writing, farming, and nuclear power share an uncomfortable secret: each was supposed to save us.

by Robert Winston 2009

3.56

142 ratings

⚙️ History Of Technology 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📈 Progress Studies

Target Tehran

by Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

Target Tehran 87%

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023

4.07

450 ratings

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2001

Why great powers cannot stop seeking dominance: anarchy rewards aggression and punishes restraint.

4.06

4k+

🏛️ International Relations ⚔️ Offensive Realism 🗺️ Geopolitics

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Summary

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics 87%

Why great powers cannot stop seeking dominance: anarchy rewards aggression and punishes restraint.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2001

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏛️ International Relations ⚔️ Offensive Realism 🗺️ Geopolitics

How to Predict Everything

by William Poundstone • 2019

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

3.19

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning

How to Predict Everything 87%

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

by William Poundstone 2019

3.19

68 ratings

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning

Who Rules the World?

by Noam Chomsky • 2014

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

4.05

13k+

🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis

Who Rules the World? 87%

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

by Noam Chomsky 2014

4.05

13k+ ratings

🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis

The Return of Great Powers

by Jim Sciutto • 2024

One invasion buried the post-Cold War. Now three nuclear giants duel in a world without rules.

3.85

1k+

🌍 Geopolitics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

The Return of Great Powers 87%

One invasion buried the post-Cold War. Now three nuclear giants duel in a world without rules.

by Jim Sciutto 2024

3.85

1k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Moonraker

by Ian Fleming • 1955

A national hero's card cheating pulls Bond into a missile project hiding a deadlier deception.

3.81

32k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Nuclear Thriller 💀 Nazi Villain

Moonraker 87%

A national hero's card cheating pulls Bond into a missile project hiding a deadlier deception.

by Ian Fleming 1955

3.81

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Nuclear Thriller 💀 Nazi Villain

Don't Wait for the Next War

by Wesley K. Clark • 2014

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

3.67

🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft

Don't Wait for the Next War 87%

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

by Wesley K. Clark 2014

3.67

93 ratings

🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft

The Twilight Struggle

by Hal Brands • 2022

How America's Cold War playbook for long-haul rivalry can be updated for China and Russia.

3.98

248

🥶 Cold War History 🗺️ Grand Strategy 🌍 Great Power Rivalry

The Twilight Struggle 87%

How America's Cold War playbook for long-haul rivalry can be updated for China and Russia.

by Hal Brands 2022

3.98

248 ratings

🥶 Cold War History 🗺️ Grand Strategy 🌍 Great Power Rivalry

The Girls of Atomic City

by Denise Kiernan • 2013

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

3.73

32k+

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age

The Girls of Atomic City 87%

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

by Denise Kiernan 2013

3.73

32k+ ratings

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age

The Yom Kippur War

by 50Minutes • 2016

How a Yom Kippur ambush shattered Israel's myth, drew in superpowers, and led to Camp David.

3.00

⚔️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🕵️‍♂️ Intelligence Failures 🤝 Cold War Diplomacy

The Yom Kippur War 87%

How a Yom Kippur ambush shattered Israel's myth, drew in superpowers, and led to Camp David.

by 50Minutes 2016

3.00

3 ratings

⚔️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🕵️‍♂️ Intelligence Failures 🤝 Cold War Diplomacy

The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis • 2018

Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.

4.09

48k+

🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data

The Fifth Risk 87%

Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.

by Michael Lewis 2018

4.09

48k+ ratings

🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

by Robert Jervis • 1976

The reason states stumble into war is not malice, but a pattern of predictable misperceptions.

4.17

417

🧠 Political Psychology 🌐 International Relations 📈 Conflict Escalation

Perception and Misperception in International Politics Summary

Perception and Misperception in International Politics 87%

The reason states stumble into war is not malice, but a pattern of predictable misperceptions.

by Robert Jervis 1976

4.17

417 ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🌐 International Relations 📈 Conflict Escalation

Metro 2033

by Dmitry Glukhovsky • 2013

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

4.03

78k+

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

Metro 2033 86%

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2013

4.03

78k+ ratings

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman • 2007

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

3.81

44k+

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution

The World Without Us 86%

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

by Alan Weisman 2007

3.81

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution

Departure 37

by Scott Carson • 2025

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

3.82

2k+

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up

Departure 37 86%

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

by Scott Carson 2025

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up

Long Road to Mercy

by David Baldacci • 2018

A mutilated mule and a vanished rider lure an FBI agent into a Grand Canyon nuclear conspiracy.

3.94

83k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔪 Trauma Driven Agent

Long Road to Mercy 86%

A mutilated mule and a vanished rider lure an FBI agent into a Grand Canyon nuclear conspiracy.

by David Baldacci 2018

3.94

83k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔪 Trauma Driven Agent

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