The longest night

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A scintillating debut novel about a young couple whose marriage is tested when they move to an army base rife with love triangles, life-or-death conflicts, and a dramatic cover-up In 1959 Nat Collier is a carefree California girl with what seems like the perfect life: a devoted Army Specialist husband named Paul and two beautiful children. She reluctantly gives up her beachside existence to move to the remote outpost of Idaho Falls, where Paul is stationed on what seems like a routine assignment overseeing the daily operations of one of the country's first nuclear reactors. But shortly after his arrival, Paul is horrified to learn that the reactor has been built incorrectly its core is crumbling, creating a ticking time bomb for the town. What's more, he sees that the military management is trying to conceal, rather than fix, the problem.