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Sabre [Kindle Edition]

James Follett (Author)
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Flight time from London to Sydney: ninety minutes. Sabre 005, a synergetic, air-breathing rocket engine, will revolutionise air travel as the world knows it. Paul Santos, a French engineer, developed the aircraft. A jet in the atmosphere and a rocket in space, Sabre 005 is set for its first ever-commercial test flight- and its first fare paying passengers are already scheduled for one year's time. Joe Yavanoski, a compulsorily- retired union boss, knows that the threat Sabre 005 poses. Its success will spell the death of his country's former great aircraft industry and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Including that of top engineer Jean Lesseps. Together, Yavanoski and Lesseps hatch a plan to shatter the publics' confidence for ever- the perfect, undetectable bomb that will wipe out Sabre 005 its passengers and its crew, once and for all. All they have to do is get it on board.

About the Author

James Follett trained to be a marine engineer, and also spent some time hunting for underwater treasure, filming sharks, designing powerboats, and writing technical material for the Ministry of Defence before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of numerous radio plays and television dramas, as well as fifteen novels including The Tiptoe Boys, Churchill's Gold, Swift and Trojan. He lives in Surrey

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 593 KB
  • Print Length: 451 pages
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00778TMGG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #36,599 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Only one word - WOW! 17 Oct 1998
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Format:Paperback
A fast-paced, witty and thrilling sci-fi technothriller which would make a top movie! The story is set in 2021 and details an Anglo-French spaceplane project designed to revolutionise air travel. However, the American air industry, entering a recession, is not happy and a group of extremists decide to hatch a plot to smuggle a bomb on board and discredit the Sabre for good. Add to this a subplot of an oil-drilling concern working in Australia who are unwittingly drawn into the bomb plot and you have more twists along the way. The space sequences are excellent and very feasible and well-researched, there are brilliant flashes of imagination where future technology is concerned(holographics are out and old hat in this one, it's Hovercams, helicopter camcorders and Memcorders, which are camcorders which record on to a small memory card; digital memopads and HEATHROW TERMINAL SIX?! You never know one day . . .), yet traffic on the M25 motorway, even in 2021 is still a big problem! All in all, a highly recommended read. Fans of American writers Dale Brown and Clive Cussler will enjoy this, but it will also appeal to the sci-fi fraternity in its visionary output of a possible future. Highly recommended
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling and futuristic aviation thriller! 6 July 2003
By Mr N Forbes-warren - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
A fast-paced, witty and thrilling sci-fi technothriller which would make a top movie! The story was written in 1997 and is set in 2021 and details an Anglo-French spaceplane project designed to revolutionise air travel. However, the American air industry, entering a recession, is not happy and a group of extremists decide to hatch a plot to smuggle a bomb on board and discredit the Sabre for good. Add to this a subplot of an oil-drilling concern working in Australia who are unwittingly drawn into the bomb plot and you have more twists along the way. The space sequences are excellent and very feasible and well-researched, there are brilliant flashes of imagination where future technology is concerned which in some cases have come true -Memcorders, which are camcorders which record on to a small memory card(has he predicted digital cameras here or video messaging?!); digital memopads(PDAs!), networked computer gaming and HEATHROW TERMINAL SIX?! You never know one day . . .), yet traffic on the M25 motorway, even in 2021 is still a big problem! Add to all this the subplot of Jez, a teenage spaceplane freak who wins a TV competition to fly to Australia on the Sabre and who unwittingly becomes the hero of the day and you have a winning novel! All in all, a highly recommended read. Fans of American writers Dale Brown and Clive Cussler will enjoy this, but it will also appeal to the sci-fi fraternity in its visionary output of a possible future. Highly recommended
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