Without Warning, a cold war thriller, was first written in 1985 when the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction was very real. Communism vs. Capitalism was a high stakes standoff. Antiballistic missile treaties were fashionable and a first strike by the Soviet Union, a possibility. World stability hinged on the ability to detect and make the decision to respond to a missile attack. About twenty minutes was all that prevented total destruction for either country. What would happen if the United States had no warning time? Susan and Gary Mitchell were about to find out