{"product_id":"critical-mass-isbn-9780515126488","title":"Critical Mass","description":"Jocelyn \"Joss\" Cole, a burned-out public defender              from L.A., has opted for a quieter life in the San              Juan Islands of Washington State. Joss has no              significant clients other than a group of              commercial fisherman suffering from a strange              and serious illness, a condition that doctors              cannot diagnose, and which Joss believes has an              industrial cause. Then into her office comes Dean              Belden, a well-heeled client in search of a lawyer              to help him set up a business in the islands.              Within days Belden is subpoenaed to appear              before a federal grand jury. Less than an hour              after testifying, and before Joss can discover what              happened in the secrecy of the grand jury room,              Belden dies in a fiery explosion of his float plane              on Seattle's Lake Union.              Gideon Van Ry is a nuclear fission expert and a              scholar in residence at the Center for              Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California.              One of his duties is to update the Center's              database, an extensive catalog listing fissionable              materials and weapons of mass destruction.              Gideon is troubled by the apparent failure to              account for two small tactical nuclear devices              missing from a storage facility in the former              Soviet Union.The two weapons were last seen in              packing crates, to be shipped to an American              company called Belden Electronics. Gideon has              been unable to locate this firm, and now he is left              with only one possible lead, the lawyer who              incorporated the company-Jocelyn Cole.              Fraught with tension and suspense, \u003cb\u003eCritical              Mass\u003c\/b\u003e is \u003cb\u003eSteve Martini\u003c\/b\u003e at his electrifying best. It is              the story of what can happen in a world where              private hate and public apathy combine to uncork              the sleeping but deadly genie of nuclear terror.\u003cb\u003eSteve Martini\u003c\/b\u003e worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles and as a capital correspondent at the state house in Sacramento, California. An honors graduate at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Mr. Martini holds his law degree from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. He has written widely on the law and politics, having covered both state and federal courts, the state legislature, and the administrations of governors Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown. In 1984 Martini turned his talents to fiction, quickly earning positions on bestseller lists and garnering both critical and popular praise for his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Simeon Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCompelling Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrime Witness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUndue Influence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Judge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe List\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Attorney\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jury\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Arraignment\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Martini lives on the West Coast.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300619407589,"sku":"NP9780515126488","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780515126488.jpg?v=1767724264","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/critical-mass-isbn-9780515126488","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}