Directive 51

View our feature on John Barnes's Directive 51. The first book in a new post-apocalyptic trilogy from &quote;a master of the genre&quote; Heather O'Grainne is the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigating rumors surrounding something called &quote;Daybreak.&quote; The group is diverse and radical, and its members have only one thing in common-their hatred for the &quote;Big System&quote; and their desire to take it down.Now, seemingly random events simultaneously occurring around the world are in fact connected as part of Daybreak's plan to destroy modern civilization-a plan that will eliminate America's top government personnel, leaving the nation no choice but to implement its emergency contingency program...Directive 51.