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From New York Times bestselling author and "master
of the airborne thriller" John J. Nance comes Fire
Flight, a ripped-from-the-headlines adventure about
the extraordinary pilots who risk their lives flying substandard
airplanes in a little-known and lopsided war against our
nations' wildfires.
Veteran pilot Clark Maxwell thought his fire bombing days
were well behind him. But when Jerry Stein, Maxwell's friend
and airtanker fleet-owner, calls at the height of the fires
season to beg him to reenter the war, he doesn't hesitate.
A pair of ferocious forest fires is raging out of control,
threatening to destroy Yellowstone and Grand Teton National
Parks and incinerate thousands of area homes. As the wildfires
spread, whipped by massive winds, and the federal forces
arrayed against the fires reach their limits, anxiety grows
in the local population. A paranoia plagues the fire bombers
and smoke jumpers as well, after a mysterious string of
violent airborne accidents among the airtanker fleet claims
the lives of some of the most fearless and experienced veterans.
Maxwell has long argued that the airtankers - old aircraft
used by pilots to bomb the fires with fire retardant slurry
- are faulty museum pieces that should have been grounded
years ago. Now some of the fleet seem to be falling apart
in midair. In the middle of the area's worst wildfire season
in history, Maxwell is convinced that a sinister cover-up
is behind the rash of horrific air disasters. Were the planes'
inspection papers forged? Is someone capitalizing on these
crashes? As he races to unravel a very real mystery and
prevent a natural disaster of massive proportions, Maxwell's
probe reaches the upper levels of the very government agencies
charged with mounting the aerial fire fighting effort -
a move that for wholly unexpected reasons just may cost
him his life
and the life of Karen Jones, the married
smoke jumper with whom he seems to have fallen in love.
In amazing detail, with the signature authenticity only
a veteran pilot could provide, John J. Nance creates a hair-raising
thriller that will leave readers breathless from cover to
cover.
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