A weapon of mass destruction so powerful it could obliterate everyone on the face of the earth... and Colonel Devon Everly had been responsible for its development. A weapon built by the United states to assure world peace, was now in the hands of the enemy. This was an unsuspected enemy, since Colonel Everly was one of them. And now the day was drawing close when it would be too late to stop a bloodless massacre of humankind. Did Devon and Sylvia Marler have what it would take to dismantle the deadly plan and go against everything they had been trained to trust and respect? Would the VLT-7 be part of the solution? This science fiction thriller written in the mid-1980s includes twists, turns, and a view of the future: 1998.