CONTENTS

1 The Translator

2 The War Room, Omaha

3 Descent with Pomp and Authority

4 The Blue Skies, the Black Holes

5 The Flayed Bull

6 Bomb Shelter, the White House

7 The Organized Man

8 The President and the Translator

9 The Vindicators

10 The Briefing

11 The Urgent Minutes

12 Words, Statistics, and Opinions

13 The Conference Line

14 The Calculation and the Wait

15 The Conference Line

16 The Last Effort

17 The Vindicators

18 Cascio’s Command

19 The Last Mile

20 The Conference Line

21 No Other Way

22 The Conference Line

23 The Sacrifice of Abraham