Bombs: Book About The Most Powerful of Bombs, "King of Bombs," a Bombshell

On October 23,1961, the Soviet Union detonated a nuclear device in a remote region, codenamed "Tsar Bomba" or "King of Bombs." What distingushed this test detonation from hundreds of others was the power its explosion. It proved to be the most powerful nuclear bomb ever designed and tested, with a yield equal to 58 million tons of TNT, or more than three thousand times as powerful as the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end ot the Second World War. This terrifying weapon is the basis of a novel about Al-Qaeda's next attack on America, post-9/11, entitled "King of Bombs."

Sheldon Filger, the author of "King of Bombs," was living in New York City on September 11,2001. His experience with 9/11 led him to research the possibility that Al-Qaeda would at some point engage in nuclear terrorism. A prominent Saudi cleric issued a religious ruling, authorizing Osama bin Laden to drop a bomb on America that would "kill ten million." Of all the nuclear devices that have been designed, it is the cold war relic, "King of Bombs," that would have that potential.

"King of Bombs" is chilling in its blend of fact and fiction. A credible scenario is presented, whereby Al-Qaeda acquires the design of the "King of Bombs," the means to build it and the ability to covertly insert it into a major American city. In Filger's novel, Iran and North Korea, both implacibly hostile towards the United States, facilitate Al-Qaeda in perpetrating its apocalyptic plot.

"King of Bombs" is not only a novel about the most powerful of bombs that has ever existed. It is an exploration of the nighmare possibility of nuclear terrorism, a threat many experts believe is all too real.

"King of Bombs" is available at online bookstores, including Amazon.com, as well as on the authors website, http://www.kingofbombs.com