Ghost Force - Couverture rigide

Robinson, Patrick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434013137 ISBN 13 : 9780434013135

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

America, Britain, and Russia are drawn into a battle for a gigantic oil strike on the desolate Falkland Islands in Patrick Robinson's newest international thriller.

The year is 2011, and Russia is poised to help Argentina blast its way into the Falkland Islands, to hurl the ruling British out of the South Atlantic forever. Enraged at this act of international piracy, Great Britain dispatches a battle fleet to the islands for the second time in thirty years.

Little do they realize that Russia's lethal Akula-class submarine, Viper 157, stuffed to the gunwales with ship-killing torpedoes, lies in wait for the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, which is transporting the British fighter-bomber air force.

The United States, under the indomitable Admiral Arnold Morgan's stern eye, unleashes Navy SEALs to hammer Argentina into submission, and in two breathtaking, clandestine missions, they smash their most expensive hardware—guided-missile warships and an entire fighter aircraft strike group.

The SEALs must make a death-defying parachute drop into the freezing ocean, hit the battlefield in total secret, and obliterate their enemy—all in lethal silence . . . a ruthless, terrible attack carried out by a U.S. ghost force. . . .

This is classic Patrick Robinson—spine-tingling suspense, harrowing action, and intricately researched detail, all set against the backdrop of an uncanny "what if?" scenario.

Quatrième de couverture :

A disappearance. An invasion. And the return of a legend.

Tensions between Siberia and Moscow are already running high, when the sudden disappearance of top-tier Siberian politicians and oil executives sparks open outrage east of the Urals. With relations strained, Moscow needs a new oil source, and quickly. A dangerous plan is set in motion. Persuading Argentina to invade the Falkland Islands again, Moscow's hunter-killer submarine Viper 157 promises to take out the British aircraft carrier arriving to recapture the islands, leaving Argentina free to claim the 'Malvinas' - in return for Falkland oil.

The United States is furious at this act of international piracy. Admiral Morgan and the Navy SEALs manage to persuade the legendary commander Rick Hunter to return. The mission: to hammer Argentina's military and free the Falklands. For Hunter, the assignment strikes close to home. His English brother-in-law and an SAS special forces team are trapped on East Falkland, on the run from Argentine shoot-to-kill man-hunt, out of contact...

Praise for Patrick Robinson

'The new Frederick Forsyth' Guardian

'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller

'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' Jack Higgins

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0434013137
• ISBN 13: 9780434013135
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384