The New York Times-bestselling Cold War thriller: It's the most advanced stealth fighter ever developed, and his job is to steal it from the Soviets . . . The Soviets have created a new plane equipped with a weapons system that can be activated via sensors in the pilot's helmet--an advance that could shift the global balance of power. But British intelligence has a plan. There are two prototypes within the heavily secured Soviet base, and with some...
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.
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"Firefox" is the code name for a new breed of Russian fighter, a plane that's invisible to radar, outruns missiles, and wields an arsenal guided by the pilot's thoughts. With nothing remotely capable of matching the super-jet on their drawing boards, British and American spymatsers hit on a seemingly impossible, virtually suicidal plan: send one of their pilots into Russia - into the Russians' high-security flight-test center...
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I read this book almost 20 years ago, if I remember correctly, and it's one of the few books which I literally couldn't put down until it was finished. I think I finally turned out the light at about 3AM, even though I had to go to work early the next morning. It is gripping, believable, and well written in every respect. If you like international spy techno-thrillers at all, this is one of the best ever written. PS...
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This book is a favorite of mine, which I've read many times over and I've never tired of. The book is a great thriller and is very suspenseful, with also great characters, dialogue, and vehicle and environment description. Espionage and aircraft fans will get a kick out of this book, and won't put it down! Also, if you loved reading this book, you'll also love the sequel FIREFOX DOWN! and the movie FIREFOX starring Clint...
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This is brilliant! I first read this when I was 15, when the movie came out in the UK, and looking back on it, much of the technology of the Firefox MiG-23 arcraft has come to fruitition in real life! In particular, the EFA-2000 Eurofighter and of course, the Stealth features. Even today, this is a story I would recommend to any thriller fan. The Moscow scenes are as authentic as `The Cardinal Of The Kremlin`(Tom Clancy),...
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