"Techno-thriller with heart"

She's called Lady Liberty because she's come to symbolize everything that's good about America. She is Sybil Stone, the first female Vice President of the United States. Her current assignment calls for her to be in Geneva negotiating a peace treaty between former Soviet nations Abdan and Peris. Both countries have nuclear weapons and are prepared to use them unless Lady Liberty can broker a peace.

Midway through the peace talks Sybil is ordered by the president to return home with a certain briefcase handcuffed to her arm. On the return trip to Washington, DC shots ring out forcing Agent Jonathan Westford and Sybil to evacuate the plane by parachute. The plane explodes as the duo land in The Florida Everglades. They can't make contact because the terrorists following them on the ground will find them and destroy any hope of Sybil reaching DC in time to stop World War III from happening.

LADY LIBERTY is a romantic suspense thriller that is heavy on the suspense. The terrorist threat, taken in light of the events of 9-11, is certainly plausible and believable. The two protagonists represent the ideals America was founded on so it is entirely fitting they would be attracted to one another. Vicki Hinze has written a techno- thriller with heart.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 1, 2002

Vice President Sybil Stone has 72 hours to save millions of lives or die trying. Seventy-two hours to earn her code name, LADY LIBERTY.

Summary

The fate of a country lies in one woman's hands...

U.S. Vice President Sybil Stone, code-named Lady Liberty, has proven she can hold her own against some of the world's most influential power brokers. But now, negotiating a vital peace agreement in Geneva, Switzerland, Sybil receives an urgent message calling her back to American soil.

In seventy-two hours disaster will strike, catapulting the United States into a war that will cost millions of lives. Only Sybil Stone holds the key to stopping it. Yet between Sybil and success lies a minefield of intrigue, betrayal, twisted motives, and three merciless enemies. Her only hope of survival--and the world's--rests with Agent Jonathan Westford, a judiciously ruthless operative with one goal: in the face of overwhelming odds, to keep Lady Liberty alive.

Time is running out and trust is running thin. But Lady Liberty and Agent Westford know they must succeed--or the first-strike missile will launch...