Siege of Lightning

by R.J. Piñeiro and  

Book Overview

Tom Clancy meets NASA in this gripping alternate history scientific thriller. "A brilliant tale of industrial espionage and sabotage. An insider's look at the secretive world of space exploration."... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425137872
• ISBN13: 9780425137871
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Space Shuttle Techo-Thriller

I wont reiterate the book summary, but have some personal comments.I read this book about 9 yrs ago, a paperback I picked upat the drug store check-out. The cover caught my eye.A picture of the Space Shuttle, and the title "Siege of Lightning" (you guessed it, the Shuttle Name is Lightning)I really enjoyed it and 'passed-it-on' as a reference forother techo-thriller fans to read. Never got it back :-(Couldnt find it at a bookstore for years.! I finally got a beat up copy at a used book store for 50 cents, but will cherish it.I had read Payne Harrisons STORMING INTREPID a few years earlier,another Space Shuttle Techo-Thriller; and just loved - loved - loved it, and this book is very similiar.Techincal, lots of action, personable characters.Give it a try, if you can find it.

Action Packed Book!

This was the first book ever written by R.J. Pineiro and it is a good one.mIn this book the space shuttle Lightning is blasted into space for a mission. The European space agency named Athenais attempting to sabotage the space ship. The Athena group has already blown up a Russian space ship. Athena is led by a businessman named Vanderhoff. Vanderhoff has bribed officials of the CIA as well as the French military.The hero of the novel isnamed Cameron Stone.Several assassination attempts are made on his life. The book also features a commando raid on an Athenarocket site. This is a very exciting book that I enjoyed reading.It is excellent like the rest of R.J. Pineiro's books. I have never read a bad R.J. Pineiro book.