The Defector

'A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'<BR>Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series<BR><BR>'Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'<BR>Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series<BR><BR><BR>Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears.<BR><BR>NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents.<BR><BR>The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets' mythical 'Foxbat' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.<BR><BR>For Chris Hadfield's second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris's CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace.<BR><BR>Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world's best fighter pilots.<BR><BR><BR>Praise for The Apollo Murders<BR><BR>'A nail-biting Cold War thriller' James Cameron<BR><BR>'An exciting journey to an alternate past' Andy Weir<BR><BR>'Not to be missed' Frederick Forsyth<BR><BR>'Explosive' Gregg Hurwitz<BR><BR>'Exciting, authentic' Linwood Barclay

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