The Defector - Couverture souple

Chris Hadfield

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 103900542X ISBN 13 : 9781039005426

Editeur : Vintage Canada, 2024

Synopsis

Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears.

NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents.

The prize is beyond the secrets of the Soviets' mythical 'Foxbat' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.

For Chris Hadfield's second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and e

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Canada
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 103900542X
• ISBN 13: 9781039005426
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible