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FIREFOX FLIES!
Regrettably out of print, Craig Thomas's FIREFOX is an expertly-crafted military thriller that once begun is nearly impossible to set aside. The author creates a realistic Cold War atmosphere even as the eponymous MiG-31 Firefox pushes the envelope and infuses the story with an intensity and excitement rarely achieved. Nearly as interesting as the protagonist's bid to fly the Soviet Union's prize superfighter right out from under their noses is his struggle with his inner demons, a bitter duel whose outcome is open to doubt--like his near-suicide mission itself--up to the very last breathtaking page. Spawned the somewhat underrated motion picture starring a well-cast Clint Eastwood in the hero's role which is worth seeing on its own merits, but the book, as is so often the case, remains the frontrunner. Surely the novel will be re-issued sometime soon, but if not then I heartily recommend any used copy you can get ahold of. For breakneck thrills and aerial pyrotechnics, FIREFOX is a rarely equalled winner.
Excellent Military Fiction
Though it may take American Readers a spell to get used to the British linguistics, Thomas has a captivating spy thriller here that is hard to put down and excitement galore. The epitomy of Thomas' fiction.
Mitch Gant--the flying Rambo
Unlike the original Rambo, author Craig Thomas has brought his troubled Air Force Nam vet through four stories--this book, a sequel "Firefox Down" that continues the journey of Gant's stolen MiG out of Soviet airspace into Scandinavia, "Winterhawk" in which Gant uses a MiL chopper that the Israelis stole for the US to rescue a deep cover agent from their Baikonur rocket base, and "A Different War" which was never published for US release (I bagged a used copy of that one courtesy of rare book site Alibris). In that one, Gant is called upon to investigate an airline tragedy that ends up having corporate skulduggery at its roots--thus its title. The Gant of the printed page is a bit different from the Gant on the screen--in action roles, Eastwood always plays his characters as laconic and menacing. This Gant is more intense, more of an envelope-pusher. As such, he's a lot like David Morrell's Rambo--you'd never make the connection on the screen.
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