When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space, the resulting surprise wave destroys most of the world’s satellites and all global communication. US armed forces satellites, made to withstand this assault, reveal two even more missiles on start pads in North Korea, ready to become deployed. Faced with the threat of a thermonuclear strike, the United States has only 1 possible protection: Capable One.

Able One particular, or ABL-1, is normally a improved 747 equipped with a high powered laser in a position to knock away missiles in trip. But both the laser’s technology as well as the jet’s staff are untested. What was originally a training flight having a skeleton staff becomes a desperate race to destroy the two staying nukes. Will Able One’s experimental technology be enough to prevent World War III-especially when it becomes clear that a saboteur is certainly on board?

Able One is a timely thrill-ride by among science fiction’s esteemed novelists.