The Korean Intercept »

Tensions between the United States and North Korea are escalating to the crisis point. And the U.S. space shuttle Liberty may prove to be the spark that ignites the tinderbox. Soon after launching, the shuttle lost contact with NASA and was forced to crash-land--in the mountainous frontier between North Korea and China.

Aboard the shuttle is a defense satellite created with the latest American technology. The North Korean government has stated that an American search-and-rescue mission would be considered an act of aggression. But the U.S. president cannot let the precious payload be lost so easily. As he orders American forces to prepare for a military incursion, the race begins...