β Scribed by Coonts, Stephen
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
With this well-crafted first novel, the publishers of The Hunt for Red October again demonstrate a sure eye for picking winners in the thriller genre. Jake Grafton is an A-6 Intruder pilot during the Vietnam War who flies his bomber on sorties past enemy flak and SAM missiles, and then must maneuver his plane, often at night, onto the relatively small deck of an aircraft carrier. Former Navy flyer Coonts gives an excellent sense of the complexities of modern air raids and how nerve-wracking it is, even for the best airmen, to technically solve sudden problems over and over, knowing that even a twist of fatea peasant wildly firing a rifle from a fieldcould wipe out the crew. Grafton alternates between remorse over the fate of his unseen Vietnamese victims on the ground and a gung-ho "let's win this war" sentiment that lashes at both policymakers who select less-than-important targets for the dangerous missions and advocates for peace back in the States. The action, though, is realistically detailed and absorbing. 75,000 first printing; $80,000 ad/promo.
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"[Coonts's] gripping, first-person narration of aerial combat is the best I've ever read. Once begun, this book cannot be laid aside."-The Wall Street Journal
"Coont's pilots are the real McCoy and his compassion for them sustains his story from first page to last . . . a sometimes exhilarating, often nightmarish tale."?Kirkus Reviews
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"A winner."?Philadelphia Inquirer
"Kept me strapped in the cockpit of the author's imagination for a down-and-dirty novel."
-St. Louis_ Post-Dispatch_
"Extraordinary! Once you start reading, you won't want to stop!"-Tom Clancy
"Packed with action, emotion, suspense, and tragedy."?Clive Cussler__
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"Coonts makes us see, smell, hear, taste, and feel battle."?Cleveland Plain-Dealer
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
20th Anniversary Edition With a foreword by Ward Carroll and an added preface and epilogue by the author "Flight of the Intruder will join the classicsΠ²ΠΒ¦once begun, it cannot be laid aside."--John Lehman in the Wall Street Journal "Bristles with the same authenticity that helped catapult The Hunt
EDITORIAL REVIEW: 20th Anniversary Edition With a foreword by Ward Carroll and an added preface and epilogue by the author "Flight of the Intruder will join the classicsβ¦once begun, it cannot be laid aside."--John Lehman in the Wall Street Journal "Bristles with the same authenticity t
EDITORIAL REVIEW: 20th Anniversary Edition With a foreword by Ward Carroll and an added preface and epilogue by the author "Flight of the Intruder will join the classics...once begun, it cannot be laid aside."--John Lehman in the Wall Street Journal "Bristles with the same authenticity