The Defector
Autor Chris Hadfielden Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2024
Ritmul este alert, aproape hipnotic. Tensiunea se acumulează instantaneu. Israel, 1973. Războiul de Yom Kippur transformă cerul într-un câmp de luptă unde un avion sovietic MiG-25 dispare subit. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Chris Hadfield mută centrul de greutate de la explorarea spațială din The Apollo Murders către adrenalina pură a aviației militare. Notăm cu interes revenirea lui Kaz Zemeckis, fost pilot de teste, aruncat acum într-un joc periculos de spionaj pe trei continente. Miza? Foxbat, cel mai rapid interceptor sovietic. Merită menționat că autorul nu scrie doar din imaginație; detaliile tehnice despre zborul la viteze supersonice poartă amprenta autenticității unui pilot care a interceptat bombardiere sovietice în realitate. Cititorul care a apreciat vânătoarea tehnologică din Firefox de Craig Thomas va găsi aici aceeași fascinație pentru supremația aeriană — dar într-un context istoric mult mai ancorat în realitatea Războiului Rece. Dacă în Final Orbit accentul cădea pe cooperarea fragilă dintre astronauți și cosmonauți, în The Defector suspiciunea este singura monedă de schimb. Este un roman de spionaj în care fiecare manevră în carlingă poate însemna fie o dezertare istorică, fie o capcană mortală pregătită de Moscova. Stilul este tăios, documentat și lipsit de momente de respiro.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0316565032
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 23 mm
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
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Pentru cititorii pasionați de thrillere tehnice și spionaj istoric. Câștigi o perspectivă rară asupra aviației de elită, oferită de un autor care a trăit experiența zborului la limită. Este o recomandare ideală pentru cei care caută o narațiune tensionată despre loialitate și trădare, unde viteza Mach 3 și secretele militare dictează supraviețuirea într-o lume divizată de Cortina de Fier.
Despre autor
Chris Hadfield este un fost pilot de vânătoare și astronaut canadian, a cărui carieră impresionantă include comanda Stației Spațiale Internaționale. Dincolo de parcursul său academic în inginerie mecanică și educație, Hadfield a fost pilot de teste pentru US Navy și US Air Force, acumulând o experiență vastă în operarea avioanelor de înaltă performanță. Această expertiză tehnică și militară este fundamentul pe care își construiește romanele din The Apollo Murders Series, transformând detaliile procedurale în elemente de suspans. Succesul său ca autor de ficțiune vine după publicarea volumului de memorii An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, consolidându-i vocea ca expert în tensiunea spațiului și a cerului.
Descriere
'A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'
Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series
'Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'
Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series
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 value: 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 exciting part of Chris's CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace.
Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world's best fighter pilots.
Praise for The Apollo Murders
'A nail-biting Cold War thriller' James Cameron
'An exciting journey to an alternate past' Andy Weir
'Not to be missed' Frederick Forsyth
'Explosive' Gregg Hurwitz
'Exciting, authentic' Linwood Barclay
Recenzii
He controls the story with a fighter pilot's verve and confidence, bringing real insider expertise to a fast-paced cold war tale
As a writer, his strength is his ability to draw on his specialist knowledge to add verisimilitude . . . while his high-octane depiction of aerial dogfights stirs memories of Top Gun and Craig Thomas's Firefox. Afterburners on!
Chris Hadfield uses his experiences to great effect in this thrilling story about a defecting Russian pilot . . . [The Defector] moves at great speed and contains mesmerising descriptions of flying under supreme pressure
Nail-bitingly exciting . . . Hadfield is clearly destined to inherit the late Tom Clancy's mantle as master of the techno-thriller genre
Action-packed, cleverly plotted and rich with the kind of satisfyingly authentic detail and keen insights that only a writer with Hadfield's extraordinary resume can provide, The Defector delivers on every level. Wondering what to do until Top Gun 3 arrives? Don't worry, Chris Hadfield's got it covered
Packed with the kind of insider knowledge you simply don't get in thrillers these days, The Defector is not just an intelligent book, it's an exciting book. Expertly paced with breathtaking set pieces, I raced through it in a couple of sittings. It reminded me of Frederick Forsyth in his pomp - highly recommended
An extraordinary novel, brimming with detail and realism and full of pulse-pounding action
Real-life figures collide with fictional espionage in former astronaut Hadfield's gripping sequel to The Apollo Murders . . . Hadfield keeps the suspense steady before delivering a knockout air battle that brings everything to a white-knuckle close. Kaz's adventures continue to electrify
Ideal exciting escapist reading
Descriere scurtă
Israel, October 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter plane plummets to an unexpected landing. NASA Flight Controller and former US test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches from the ground—unaware that its arrival will pull him into a high-stakes game of spies, lies, and secrets that hold the key to Cold War air and space supremacy.
For within that plane is a Soviet pilot pleading to defect, offering a prize beyond value: the workings of the Soviets' mythical "Foxbat" MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world. But trusting him is risky, and Kaz must tread a careful line. As Kaz accompanies the defector into the United States, to the military’s most secret test site, he must hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.
Rich with insider detail and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector is a propulsive thriller from a growing master of the genre, filled with the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat as it could only be told by one of the world's best fighter pilots.
"Wondering what to do until Top Gun 3 arrives? Don't worry, Hadfield's got it covered.” —Rowland White
“Brimming with detail and realism and full of pulse-pounding action.” —Mark Greaney
"Hadfield’s writing is superb. Fans of The Apollo Murders will seek out this one, but newcomers will also thoroughly enjoy it.” —Booklist
Praise for The Apollo Murders
“A Cold War thriller packed with cosmic action.” —New York Times
“An exciting journey into an alternate past.” —Andy Weir, author of The Martian
“Propulsive . . . a space race thrill ride.” —Newsweek
“An intelligent and surprising nail-biter that Tom Clancy fans will relish.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Notă biografică
As well as his time as a Cold War pilot, Chris is a veteran of three spaceflights. He crewed the US Space Shuttle twice, piloted the Russian Soyuz, helped build space station Mir, conducted two space walks, and served as Commander of the International Space Station. He was also NASA's Director of Operations in Russia.
Chris is the co-creator and host of the BBC series Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? and helped create and host, along with actor Will Smith, the National Geographic series One Strange Rock. His zero-gravity version of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' has received more than 50 million views, and his TED talk on fear over 10 million.
He advises SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and other space companies, chairs the board of the Open Lunar Foundation, leads the CDL-Space international tech incubator, and teacher a MasterClass on space operations.