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When Lieutenant Colonel Patrick McLanahan is offered the chance to test-fly a new B-2 bomber in strategic warfare training sorties, he jumps at the chance. This is McLanahan's chance to reconfirm his flying skills. By the author of "Flight of the Old Dog" and "Hammerheads".
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CHINA IS ON THE WARPATH…
US Forces have pulled out of the Philippines. The navy of the Peoples Republic of China has laid claim to a long-contested island group and decimated a Philippine oil platform. Tensions escalate and a volatile skirmish leads to the unthinkable. China launches a tactical nuclear weapon against its enemy forces.
The detonation sends tremors through the Pentagon and into the innermost reaches of the White House. President Lloyd Taylor is forced to decide on a response. React too rashly and a global war could ensue. Take it too mildly and further strikes against US allies might be encouraged.
But China – and a scheming Filipino politician – force the President’s hand. For Lieutenant Patrick McLanahan it is a bitter-sweet chance to fly a new high-tech B2 bomber. The harrowing counter-attack accelerates to an unforgettable and explosive conclusion.
'Sky Masters' is a knockout! Dale Brown has proven once again that he is the best military adventure writer in the country today
CLIVE CUSSLER
‘Graphic aerial combat scenes… another for-sure best-seller’
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
‘Hair-raising, non-stop action… an exciting war story’
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jon Masters scientific wizz kid comes out in this masterpiece of fiction by Dale Brown. Patrick McLanahan returns once more with a brand new B2 bomber armed as usual with the highest of high tech gadgetry and teams up with Jon Masters and his Need It Right This Second Sats NIRTS Sats. A plane launched satellite that can be launched from any modified aeroplane and be in orbit to give real time imagery within a few minutes, making planning any mission so much safer as the current information is just that "current".
US forces have been pulled out of the Phillipines and almost as soon as they are out China trys to move in, destroying an oil exploration platform claiming it to be "spying". When this does not seem to have too much of an effect on the world the Chinese Admiral does the unthinkable and launches a nuclear missile killing one of his own men in the process. America must be seen to respond but how? Enter Dreamland and McLanahan and the new B2 bomber to save the day once again.
This is a fast paced novel and holds the reader from the first page to the last, you feel that you never want to put the book down and that when you do having finished it a part of you has gone. A thououghly good read and one to keep in the collection to read again and again
US forces have been pulled out of the Phillipines and almost as soon as they are out China trys to move in, destroying an oil exploration platform claiming it to be "spying". When this does not seem to have too much of an effect on the world the Chinese Admiral does the unthinkable and launches a nuclear missile killing one of his own men in the process. America must be seen to respond but how? Enter Dreamland and McLanahan and the new B2 bomber to save the day once again.
This is a fast paced novel and holds the reader from the first page to the last, you feel that you never want to put the book down and that when you do having finished it a part of you has gone. A thououghly good read and one to keep in the collection to read again and again
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
MEGATONS OF ACTION!!!!!!!
6 April 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What a winner! 10000 out of 10 for Dale Brown! I have read about his novels on this Amazon website and have been dying to read one for ages, and I was in for a treat! Sky Masters is so well written and frighteningly feasible as well. The plot about China laying a claim to the Spratly Islands was stolen by Tom Clancy for SSN(which was also excellent, but this is much better!), but the use of tactical nukes by the Chinese added a further dimension. Add a dithering Prez of the US, and a reluctant General who wants to use force to retaliate . . . Great action through and through! Dale Brown`s writing technique is also superb. He explains in a great amount of detail yet so simple anyone who is not familiar with military technology can understand it about the awesome B-2 stealth bomber, SAC, satellite technology, his `customised` EB-52 Megafortress(a fictional conversion, but such technology is feasible on a B-52, another of my favourite aircraft). All the acronyms such as CINCSPACECOM and AMRAAM are also properly explained and defined as well. As far as his fictitious ALARM satellite and NIRTSAT satellite projects go, on thinking about it, his descriptions are so realistic he could build one himself. Very feasible, launching a booster rocket plus satellite from a DC-10. All in all, a book that throw the action in yer face! I couldn`t put this down and lost loads of sleep one Sunday night, much to the annoyance of my wife!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Brown takes a flight of B2 Stealth Bomber!
28 May 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is my first book of military aviation thriller that I read. I was at the height in flight enthusiast hobby. Very sophisticated words which Brown accurately wrote the story. I felt myself hearing someone speaking from the communication channel during the flight also I could feel I was sitting next to Patrick Mc Lanahan and wondering around the board-flight panel of B2 stealth bomber. I did not realize the technology was so sophisticated in the story and a bit hard to understand. But then time was needed to read until I enjoyed the story through the high blow ending. Brilliant!
Great details!
20 July 2010
Format:Paperback
Excellent U.S. versus China scenario in this book. A very good read with a lot of accurate details (based on my personal experience).
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