High Flight

by David Hagberg

Book Overview

First electronics. Then automobiles. Now the Japanese are ready to strike at our largest industrial export--airplanes. Intrigue and danger heighten as America faces its worst industrial challenge... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812510127
• ISBN13: 9780812510126
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Hagberg scores again.

From the first Hagberg book I ever read, I have been a fan. Every book he writes grabs your attention from cover to cover. Not being an expert on all things Military or Intelligence, I don't worry about so called errors that may appear in books of this genre, after all it is a novel, and Hagberg, can get really close to the truth in his writings

Joshua's Hammer

After reading most of David Hagberg's Books I was hooked on this one. I usually read in bed at night but I could not put this book down. I didn't want it to end. 5 stars. What a great movie this book would be, unless someone didn't tell it like it was.

McGarvey as Free-lance muscle...still saving the world!

It always pains me to see "Clancy and Bond better look over their shoulders . . ." as a review of a Hagberg/Flannery novel. Hagberg pre-dates both authors as an accomplished yarn spinner. And in High Flight he just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning (about 830 pages worth!). I have suggested in the past that MacGarvey was used up as a character for Hagberg. I mean, how many times can you save the world and get fired by the CIA for doing it. But the author does a fine job of resurrecting him as a free-lance trouble shooter with some special contacts all over the world in this tale. Before MacGarvey can save the world from the brink of war, lots of bodies have been strewn about, planes drop all over the place, and the reader has been raked over the coals of suspense.This book has plenty of high points. Some of its characters are truly diabolical in the old Fleming tradition (the ex-Stasi assassin is extremely resourceful - Hagberg developed him wonderfully - among his best villians). The techno aspect is written tersely and confidently. He stands up well compared to the other guys out there. And the plot is actually very good - as are some of the many sub-plots.Low points - the other villian in the novel, Yamagata, is never fully developed. Hagberg could have made him a bit more evil by dwelling on his treatment of Chance Kennedy (one of the novel's hundreds of minor characters). The love interest for the protagonist, Dominique Kilbourne, is a bit wooden - not much to her. And, yes, I'll bow to the novel's detractors: it might have been a tad too long. The primary plot devise - development of a triggering mechanism by rogue Americans to bring down American airplanes using Japanese equipment - is painfully tedious at times. But just when you're about to say "if they have to find another part to build the thing and waste another 20 pages I'm gonna loose it," Mueller, the ex-Stasi guy, offs somebody with some glib remark that makes you chuckle.Some folks have lamented that the novel jumps around too much; I had no problems following the action. The novel is a tightly woven tapestry with many sub-plots occuring at the same time. To keep the story moving in a linear fashion the author had to jump around a lot. Now, I'm an admitted Hagberg fan. I've only read one novel (written as Sean Flannery) that I truly did not enjoy. This one ranks at the top for out-and-out, over-the-top enjoyment. I think it is far superior to his previous work with a far Eastern flavor, Critical Mass. Highly recommend it. Eagerly await Whitehouse!Questions? email me . . .

The "War & Peace" of techno thrillers

I don't really like long Tom Clancey-style techno thrillers, but David Haberg's "High Flight" hooked me from the very first page and didn't let me go for the five days it took to read it. This was my first reading experience with Hagberg, and after finishing it I couldn't wait to tackle some of his earlier novels. Unfortunately, they just didn't appeal to me in quite the same way. So I look forward to Hagberg's next adventure, because if "High Flight" is any indication, he's improving as a good story teller.

** More intrigue than CLANCY, superior technology **

A 10.5 in terms of beautifully complex plots and sub-plots. Impressive Mystery, Corporate Politics, Action-Thriller with nothing held back from the reader