# God’s Sword of Justice: An Indian Point Nuclear Thriller > God’s Sword of Justice by Stephen Francis Montagna is a nuclear terrorism thriller. A nuclear reactor. A narrowing window. An impossible mission. Canonical: https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/god-s-sword-of-justice/ Author: Stephen Francis Montagna Updated: 2026-11-07 Terrorists seize the Indian Point reactor control room and cut its cooling water—nine hours to meltdown. Captain Robert Walker’s soldiers must stop them. ## The book - Title: God’s Sword of Justice - Author: Stephen Francis Montagna - Genre: Nuclear terrorism thriller - Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-36-6 - Hardback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-37-3 **A nuclear reactor. A narrowing window. An impossible mission.** Terrorists seize the control room of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York and shut off cooling water to the reactor. The novel places the facility within a nine-hour window before a catastrophic meltdown, with the surrounding region facing long-term contamination. Walker’s elite soldiers must stop the attackers before their plan turns a nuclear facility into a weapon. ### The author’s published description God’s Sword of Justice Terrorists found a way to get into the control room of the Indian Point Nuclear Power plant in New York. When they invaded the control room, they closed the C-2 valve and stopped the cooling water for the reactor. Placing the reactor in a nine-hour window before it started the China Syndrome before the reactor entered the meltdown process, placing a hundred-mile radius in danger of becoming contaminated by radiation for a hundred years. Walker's elite soldiers are needed to stop the terrorists from accomplishing what they plan. ## Nine hours at Indian Point: a nuclear reactor turned into a weapon God’s Sword of Justice is a nuclear-terrorism thriller set at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York. Terrorists find a way into the control room, close the C-2 valve and stop the cooling water to the reactor. That starts a nine-hour window before meltdown, with a hundred-mile radius at risk of radioactive contamination for a hundred years. Walker’s elite soldiers are sent to stop them. The book portfolio shows how long the attack was in the making. The story opens after September 11 and moves to Afghanistan in October 2001, where Colonel Mahathir Abdullah al-Shatti is chosen for a long mission against the United States; it follows him to Miami and a sleeper agent, Laaha al-Jabali, before the crisis on the Hudson. Captain Robert Walker and Colonel Bruce Leadbetter lead the response. The portfolio gives the novel’s length as 740 pages, copyright 2026. ## Questions and answers ### What is God’s Sword of Justice about? Terrorists seize the control room of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York and shut off cooling water to the reactor. The novel places the facility within a nine-hour window before a catastrophic meltdown, with the surrounding region facing long-term contamination. Walker’s elite soldiers must stop the attackers before their plan turns a nuclear facility into a weapon. ### Is Indian Point a real nuclear power plant? Yes. Indian Point was a real nuclear plant on the Hudson River north of New York City; its last reactor shut down in 2021. The attack in the novel is fiction. ### How long is God’s Sword of Justice? 740 pages, according to the book’s portfolio, which also gives its genre as a military and counterterrorism thriller and its copyright year as 2026. ### Is God’s Sword of Justice a standalone novel? Yes. God’s Sword of Justice stands alone; no other book needs to be read first. It shares characters with other novels: Captain Robert Walker also appears across the author’s other thrillers and leads the [Scorpion Trilogy](https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/series/scorpion/). ### What are the ISBNs for God’s Sword of Justice? Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-36-6. Hardback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-37-3. Any bookshop can order it with the ISBN. ### Where can I read more about God’s Sword of Justice? Read the [book portfolio](https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/portfolio/god-s-sword-of-justice/), with its characters and themes. ## Sources - The author’s own description of God’s Sword of Justice, given in full on this page - [God’s Sword of Justice book portfolio (original flipbook)](https://heyzine.com/flip-book/9461c877d8.html) - Edition records from the author’s IngramSpark listings: Paperback ISBN-13 978-1-970301-36-6; Hardback ISBN-13 978-1-970301-37-3 - [Bookseller listing: God's Sword Of Justice (shop.ingramspark.com)](https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=91D3CWjRX3mWZzxrlR36nu14nskKXQhgR5XsmznpD8x) ## Cite this page - MLA: Montagna, Stephen Francis. “God’s Sword of Justice: An Indian Point Nuclear Thriller.” *Stephen Francis Montagna*, 7 Nov. 2026, https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/god-s-sword-of-justice/. - APA: Montagna, S. F. (2026, November 7). *God’s Sword of Justice: An Indian Point Nuclear Thriller*. Stephen Francis Montagna. https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/god-s-sword-of-justice/ - The novel: Montagna, Stephen Francis. *God’s Sword of Justice*. Paperback, ISBN 978-1-970301-36-6. ## Keywords God’s Sword of Justice, Indian Point nuclear plant thriller, nuclear terrorism thriller, reactor meltdown novel, post-9/11 counterterrorism thriller, Captain Robert Walker, Colonel al-Shatti, Stephen Francis Montagna