A fast-paced and gripping Jake Grafton novel FINAL FLIGHT is new to the Orion paperback list Stephen Coonts's sales are increasing with every book He is one of the few younger adventure thriller writers who can go on to threaten Clancy's dominance. Coonts is both a NEW YORK TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author All his thrillers received terrific reviews: 'Stephen Coonts, like Jake Grafton, just keeps getting better' Tom Clancy 'Crammed with action [and] suspense' USA TODAY '[Coonts's] flying-and-fighting scenes are as exciting as ever. Chalk up another red, white and blue ace for the auth
Stephen Coonts is a former naval aviator who flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. His previous novels have been worldwide bestsellers. A former attorney, he resides with his wife and son in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The final flight of Capt. Jake Grafton will keep readers riveted. His night-flying's over, thanks to failing eyesight. But the fate of the Middle East is hanging in the balance when his F-14 tears off into Mediterranean airspace. Coonts has cast the hero of his first novel, The Flight of the Intruder , as a wing commander aboard an aircraft carrier. He has also thrust him into the bulls-eye of an Arab plot to steal the ship's nuclear weapons. Sounds absurd, as Coonts intends. But the plot's mastermind, one Col. Qazi, is an unequaled artisan in the guild of espionage and terrorism. Qazi has devised a scheme whose twists and turns alternately elude and thwart Grafton and more than one intelligence agency in their attempts to figure out what he's up to. By the time it's clear, Qazi is pitted against the carrier's crew, and the odds are believably on his side. The backdrop is Naples, and the well-detailed lives of Navy pilots. Final Flight has a long fuse, but its detonation is well worth the wait. 300,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo; author tour. (October)
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