Lithium-6

When tons of lithium-6 disappear from Japan and plutonium vanishes from France within days of each other, the US Nuclear Terrorism Unit springs into action. Colonel Kenneth Andrews assembles an elite team including special agents Lauri Nurmi and Alice Donovan, a couple whose professional partnership mirrors their personal bond. As the investigation unfolds, the scope of the threat becomes clear: someone is assembling components for a weapon of unprecedented destructive power. The global expansion of breeder reactor technology, meant to provide clean energy, has created new vulnerabilities that terrorists can exploit. Nurmi and Donovan find themselves racing against time in a high-stakes pursuit where the definition of enemy keeps shifting.

Nick Podehl delivers a taut performance that captures both the technical complexity and human drama at the heart of this nuclear thriller. His measured pacing allows listeners to absorb the scientific details without losing momentum, while his nuanced character work brings depth to the relationship between Nurmi and Donovan. Podehl's ability to shift between intimate moments and tension-filled action sequences makes the audio format particularly engaging, drawing listeners into a world where personal stakes and global consequences intertwine with devastating potential.