- Hardcover: 353 pages
- Publisher: Presidio Pr; First Edition edition (September 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0891413421
- ISBN-13: 978-0891413424
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 726 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,620,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
In the near-future of Weber's second techno-thriller (after DEFCON One ), the KGB has hijacked a Stealth bomber and landed it in Cuba. The theft, a rogue operation, is ultimately denounced by the Soviet government, but Castro, enraged by efforts to recover the plane, declares war on the U.S. America's response is a full-scale strike against Cuba's key military installations, while the B-2 remains unaccounted for. Weber, at his best describing details of modern carrier operations, gives readers a firm sense of what it is like to fly against modern air defenses. He establishes credibility, unusual in this genre, by allowing equipment to malfunction regularly. The unsophisticated, two-dimensional characters are less convincing, however, and their insubstantiality is difficult to reconcile with the use of massive military force. The story implies that the eclipse of Russia has left the U.S. with a redundant military capacity desperately seeking outlets.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
WHOOOOEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!, Mar 30 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shadow Flight (Hardcover)
This is such a marvelous book, even though I read it over three years ago! A B-2 stealth bomber is hijacked and the U.S. strikes back! It has some excellant narrative and some of the most intense dogfight and action scenes I've read
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another winner !!, Aug 10 2001
By Thomas Richar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shadow Flight (Paperback)
After reading Defcon One (Joe Weber's first book), I was hoping that his excellent keep-the-pages-turning writing style would continue with Shadow Flight. I was not disappointed. This book grabs you from page one and immediately you are thrown into the non-stop action. I took the book with me on vacation and caught a little flak (no pun intended) from the kids who wanted me to put the book down to join them in the pool. The action just keeps coming and the ending is great. Can't wait to read the next one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Come "spy" with me, Oct 7 2004
By Kris - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shadow Flight (Paperback)
For non-military people, or non-machine people in general, this book may be a little confusing. On the other hand, if read with an open mind, there is much to learn.Did I know what a Stealth bomber was? No, I didn't, but now I do, thanks to this book. I also learned a little, as much as I could digest with my limited experience, about the flight controls in such a plane, altitude differentials, the effect of weather conditions, and such. It was an educational experience, in that respect.
The plot was a little dated, in that the KGB was still trying to pull this thing off, hijacking the bomber and recruiting operatives from disgruntled (or puzzy whupped?) citizens of the U.S.
Cuba going to war with the U.S.? The U.S. bombing Cuba? These were more pieces of the plot that lacked a little in credibility, but then who knows?
Another thing that bothers me about all these military-oriented novels, or most of them anyway, is the jumping around among what seems like too many protagonists. It's really hard to keep track of all the people. Maybe these authors could write in the first person sometimes, so that we slow people without military experience could "get with the program" a little better. Diximus.
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