After the towers fall on 9/11, Lieutenant Nick Baron and the rest of the 81st Fighter Squadron are desperate for action. But CENTCOM puts them on the sidelines, leaving the young Warthog pilots restless-and reckless. Then the unthinkable happens. During a high-risk training flight, a rookie wingman slams into the ground. In the darkness that follows, Nick wonders if he will ever learn to trust a wingman again-or even learn to trust himself.
He will soon find out. Despite the black mark on his record, Nick's application to the elite Stealth Wing is approved. A recruiter for a new covert team has taken note of Nick's unique combination of skills. Suddenly Nick is swept into Operation Cerberus-a top secret mission that will take him from a harrowing flight over a black testing facility to a fight for his life on the Iraqi Dunes."Hannibal brings together a terrific mix of real air technology with intrigue and nonstop action.
A true suspenseful story that will keep you turning the pages until the exciting finale; it really is a great tale."-Clive Cussler"Get out of the way, Nelson DeMille. Brad Thor-you've got competition!"-Raymond Benson"A feast for thriller lovers!"-Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Kill SwitchINCLUDES A PREVIEW OF SHADOW CATCHERJames R. Hannibal (Lt Col, USAF Reserve), author of Shadow Maker and Shadow Catcher, is a graduate of the U.
S. Air Force Academy who has flown the A-10 Warthog, the MQ-1 Predator drone, and the top secret B-2 Stealth Bomber, totaling over a thousand combat and combat support hours. He regularly reviews terrorism-related nonfiction for the New York Journal of Books.
After the towers fall on 9/11, Lieutenant Nick Baron and the rest of the 81st Fighter Squadron are desperate for action. But CENTCOM puts them on the sidelines, leaving the young Warthog pilots restless-and reckless. Then the unthinkable happens. During a high-risk training flight, a rookie wingman slams into the ground. In the darkness that follows, Nick wonders if he will ever learn to trust a wingman again-or even learn to trust himself.
He will soon find out. Despite the black mark on his record, Nick's application to the elite Stealth Wing is approved. A recruiter for a new covert team has taken note of Nick's unique combination of skills. Suddenly Nick is swept into Operation Cerberus-a top secret mission that will take him from a harrowing flight over a black testing facility to a fight for his life on the Iraqi Dunes."Hannibal brings together a terrific mix of real air technology with intrigue and nonstop action.
A true suspenseful story that will keep you turning the pages until the exciting finale; it really is a great tale."-Clive Cussler"Get out of the way, Nelson DeMille. Brad Thor-you've got competition!"-Raymond Benson"A feast for thriller lovers!"-Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Kill SwitchINCLUDES A PREVIEW OF SHADOW CATCHERJames R. Hannibal (Lt Col, USAF Reserve), author of Shadow Maker and Shadow Catcher, is a graduate of the U.
S. Air Force Academy who has flown the A-10 Warthog, the MQ-1 Predator drone, and the top secret B-2 Stealth Bomber, totaling over a thousand combat and combat support hours. He regularly reviews terrorism-related nonfiction for the New York Journal of Books.