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Title: Headwind by John J. Nance ISBN: 0-515-13262-4 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A chilling thriller
Comment: After giving a speech on world hunger, retired President John Harris flies from Istanbul to Rome with a stop in Athens. However, at the airport, the Greek police try to serve an international warrant filed by the head of Peru against the former President insisting he violated the Treaty Against Torture while in office by sanctioning CIA acts of violence against innocent people. Pilot Craig Dayton realizes the former President is in danger and makes a daring unauthorized take-off before the police arrest Harris.
International lawyer, Sir William Stuart Campbell represents the Peruvian government in the World Court. William has a personal grudge against John and goes all out to nail the former world leader. The pilot, the president, and his attorney seek a nation that will provide a safe and fair hearing, not yet realizing the drama that will unfold when they select that country.
As action thrillers go, John J. Nance typically writes some of the genre's best works. His setting of an airplane for his story line produces chills even for those readers who enjoy flying. For those who fear the air the background provides tremors. The characters including the President, are three dimensional and complex adding to the feel of a thriller. HEADWIND is top gun material and sure to place Mr. Nance on all the best-selling lists.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: John Nance At His Best
Comment: Headwind is impossible to put down after the first page. The suspense never lets up as the story unfolds quickly. Ex-president John Harris, his assistant, and a secret service agent are about to land in Athens Greece. The police are waiting for his 737 to land in order to arrest Harris for violating the Treaty Against Torture. Peru is claiming that a CIA operation resulted in the murder of hundreds of innocent civilians and was santioned by then President Harris. The pilot, Craig Dayton, is a U.S. Airforce reserve military who backs the plane out and takes off in a daring escape.
The plane makes its way to Italy and on to Ireland before trying to get back to the United States. In the meantime while onboard, John Harris hires an old friend, Jay,an attorney who has been teaching international law in Laramie, Wyoming to represent him. The legal battle is finally fought in Ireland with a wonderful series of legal manuevers [...]
Read the book for the rest of the story. The characters are well developed, the dialogue is believable, and the landings are incredibly suspenseful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Enough Fuel and Nowhere to Land
Comment: Captain Craig Dayton flies a 737 for a German airline and is on the ground in Greece ready to take off. John Harris, a former President of the United States is aboard the flight. When Harris was in office he supposedly ordered an attack on a biological weapons factory in Peru and all the workers were tortured to death. Now, because there is an international treaty against torture, Peru has issued an international arrest warrant for former President Harris and it's Interpol's duty to enforce it.
Dayton doesn't have any intention of turning Harris over to the Greek authorities or anyone else. He takes matters into his own hands, backs the plane away from the gate and takes off on an unused runway without clearance. However he's a got a problem, he doesn't have enough fuel to get to the States and most places he can land in Europe will surrender Harris.
Again John Nance has written an aviation thriller that will have you biting your nails as you rush though the book.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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Title: Turbulence by John J. Nance ISBN: 0515134864 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Blackout by John J. Nance ISBN: 0515130125 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Scorpion Strike by John J. Nance ISBN: 0449222217 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Last Hostage by John J. Nance ISBN: 0312966393 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Final Approach by John J. Nance ISBN: 0449220354 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 22 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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