Bill Van Wyk knows only that something is seriously wrong; statistical analysis proves it.
Olaf Sigurdsson knows the approximate destruct time, but not what to do about it.
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Written by John Dalmas, the pseudonym for John Robert Jones, who wrote many books based on military and governmental themes throughout his career. He grew up in Minnesota and Michigan and resided in Spokane, Washington. He was a parachute infantryman in WWII and was discharged in 1946.
I dont know how this was tagged to David Drake, as it appears to not be a David Drake novel (but originally categorised as David Drake, so I left it there). Good luck and enjoy reading it.