Viper Three

by Walte wager

No one writes a political thriller like Walter Wager. No one writes a psychological thriller like Walter Wager. In TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, he checks both boxes, and the result will keep you reading through to sunrise.A retired general takes over a missile silo in the Badlands. His threat is to provoke a World War, launching deadly ordnance, unless the President is willing to reveal everything about a secret meeting he had during the Vietnam War.The situation is explosive, and so is the truth. Before the day is done, one man has his only shot at redemption—and countless lives hang in the balance.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Adventure

227 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1972

Reviews

[Cj Zawacki · Rating 5 out of 5]

VIPER THREE, by Walter Wager, is a book that never goes away from the headlines of today's news. I had watched the movie called," In the Twilight's Last Gleaming" and was wanting to read this book from movie's base. It has 5 prisoners escaping from death row, and bluffing their way into a Minuteman Base. One of the escapees was a former commander of the missile's site. It can be from a news story today.

[Donald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tight thrillrr

Very interesting idea for taking over a missile silo. Watching the President, military and the convicts interaction being a strong fill to the story. What did the military want to do? Would the convicts be able to stick it out? How would the President handle this horror? I
Great story except, what did the Russians add to the story? The President seemed to ignore it. Unneeded information

[Mike Glaser · Rating 3 out of 5]

So this is the book that they based the movie “Twilights Last Gleaming” on. I had just watched the movie so I was interested to see if the book fleshed out the story. The book definitely does that but while the basic premise is the same, the overall story is substantially different. A very interesting book that is definitely a product of its time, this is a great yarn for reading on a trip.

[Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in the 70s

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Closer to 3.5. Well written and better than the movie, though it lacks the punch of the latter's ending.

[Jeff Correll · Rating 3 out of 5]

very fast read, very enjoyable. Not at all a techno read.

[Cws]

A Wag

[Joseph Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it when I was still in high school, one of my favorite all time books. Maybe its part nostalga, but how could anyone give this book less than a 4? A long time ago.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thriller - Five escaped convicts capture a nuclear missle silo.