- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books (12 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330482475
- ISBN-13: 978-0330482479
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 905,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A routine passenger aircraft embroiled in a terrifying political game of cat-and-mouse, as the entire world looks on aghast. A Boeing 737 is awaiting take-off from Athens on Its way to Rome, when news arrives that its most distinguished passenger is about to be arrested. Former US President John B. Harris is to be dragged off to face a show trial in South America, accused of endorsing torture and murder. The captain, US citizen Craig Dayton, makes a snap decision and gets them rapidly out of there. But where to next, when a sworn enemy will have an arresting agent waiting at any airport they decide to land at. The only safe haven is America itself, but too far away for their fuel supplies. With Dayton in the cockpit and lawyer Jay Reinhart on the ground, every option and avenue will need to be investigated to keep the exPresident from reaching a destination he may never return from. But, as Reinhart occasionally wonders, is John Harris really innocent?
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Format:Paperback
An airline pilot takes drastic measures to protect an ex president from an Interpol warrant that could lead to his extradition to Peru.
Unable to stay in the air indefinitely they, with the help of a hastily appointed layer, must choose where to carry out the legal battle.
John Nance combines the genres of technothriller with legal and mystery thriller with such competence and ability that this novel must appeal to many. The action in the air and on the ground make for an exciting read that is genuinely hard to put down.
It is a long time since I have peeked at the end of a book to see how it was going to end but I was tempted with this one.
Possibly his best book so far.
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Having previously read Pandora's Clock and enjoyed it, I was looking forward to this book too. The plot, unfortunately, gets bogged down in the legalese of the situation making it slow and torpid, and the story remains static as a result. The another annoying thing is the ex-RAF co-pilot's use of stilted English - with enough "what ohs", you would think that J Nance had read one too many Biggles adventure stories: I expected him to be sitting there with a curly tash, smoking a pipe and saying "chocs away!". Avoid this and read something else.
Format:Paperback
Captain Craig Dayton flies a 737 for a German airline and is on the ground in Greece ready to take off. John Harris, a former President of the United States is aboard the flight. When Harris was in office he supposedly ordered an attack on a biological weapons factory in Peru and all the workers were tortured to death. Now, because there is an international treaty against torture, Peru has issued an international arrest warrant for former President Harris and it's Interpol's duty to enforce it.
Dayton doesn't have any intention of turning Harris over to the Greek authorities or anyone else. He takes matters into his own hands, backs the plane away from the gate and takes off on an unused runway without clearance. However he's a got a problem, he doesn't have enough fuel to get to the States and most places he can land in Europe will surrender Harris.
Again John Nance has written an aviation thriller that will have you biting your nails as you rush though the book.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Dayton doesn't have any intention of turning Harris over to the Greek authorities or anyone else. He takes matters into his own hands, backs the plane away from the gate and takes off on an unused runway without clearance. However he's a got a problem, he doesn't have enough fuel to get to the States and most places he can land in Europe will surrender Harris.
Again John Nance has written an aviation thriller that will have you biting your nails as you rush though the book.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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