Why They Had To Die - Second Edition: In A World of Shadows, Truth Is The Ultimate Weapon. - Hardcover

by Marc Koller (Author)

For over thirty-five years, the truth about the Challenger disaster has been buried.

Not lost. Not forgotten. Hidden.

When Clark Olmer-an engineer on the verge of a congressional run-is pulled into a chance meeting with Eva, a reclusive ninety-year-old physicist, his life takes a sudden and irreversible turn. Eva is no ordinary witness. As the daughter of one of the architects of the first atomic bomb, she has spent a lifetime confronting the consequences of scientific ambition-and searching for a way to stop what she believes is humanity's inevitable path toward nuclear catastrophe. What she reveals to Clark is unthinkable. But the greatest threat isn't what happened in 1986. It's what followed.

Powerful forces within the U. S. intelligence community and defense establishment have spent decades ensuring the truth never sees the light of day. As Clark begins to connect the dots, he finds himself caught in a deadly crossfire-hunted by the GRU and pursued by the CIA-both determined to keep the past buried at any cost. With the help of a relentless journalist and Eva's granddaughter, Clark must decide how far he's willing to go to expose the truth-and whether the world is ready to face it. Because some secrets were never meant to survive.

And some truths are worth dying for.