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Terrorists are holding America under siege. Their method is as ingenious as it is deadly: using commercial aircraft purchased from a failing domestic airline, they deploy bombs out of a modified rear-entry stair on unsuspecting and critical targets. The first attack is on Los Angeles International Airport. Thousands are killed, closing down air traffic and creating a national panic. As the country watches helplessly in horror, a second airliner flies over Dallas/Fort Worth and drops a bomb show more on the main control tower. The President orders Lieutenant General Robert Blocker to re-establish security in the skies before the White House is next. Blocker's response to the crisis is drastic, as it needs to be...until the terrorists strike Denver, the Memphis. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse escalates to a breathtaking climax in this eerily prescient thriller.. show less
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Written prior to 9/11 interestingly enough this book details a terrorist using aeroplanes to not only bomb but also crash into targets. A little ahead of it's time it seems.
It was a reasonable tale, however the pace of the novel does stumble 1/4-1/3 of the way in after the initial action with a bit of a detour with the terrorist taking advice from a astrologer and a few other tidbits that didn't really flow well into the story's narrative in my opinion. This little hiccup however once passed is forgotten as the book resumes the action and the forces of good attempt to tackle the forces of, well, terrorism.
I wouldn't say it is Brown's best work but it was still a pretty solid and entertaining book.
It was a reasonable tale, however the pace of the novel does stumble 1/4-1/3 of the way in after the initial action with a bit of a detour with the terrorist taking advice from a astrologer and a few other tidbits that didn't really flow well into the story's narrative in my opinion. This little hiccup however once passed is forgotten as the book resumes the action and the forces of good attempt to tackle the forces of, well, terrorism.
I wouldn't say it is Brown's best work but it was still a pretty solid and entertaining book.
Best book I have read in a long time - action adventure from page one, action so detailed you can imagine being the pilot of the F16 that is in pursuit, pushing every button he does, feeling the adrenalin rising, feeling the pressure. This is a book that you can't put down. The plot weaves very believably at the beginning and works toward a spectacular, albeit unbelievable but fun, conclusion.
Storming Heaven es una novela de suspenso de Dale Brown sobre los ataques terroristas en los Estados Unidos. Fue publicado por primera vez en 1994.
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Dale Brown was born on November 2, 1956 in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Western European history, where he wrote a column for the University's newspaper, The Daily Collegian. He went on to freelance for computer magazines, such as Run and Compute's Gazette for Commodore. He received an Air Force show more Commission in 1978 and while there, he received the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Combat Crew Medal and a Marksmanship Ribbon. He also wrote for several military base newspapers while he was still enlisted. He left the Air Force as a Captain and remains a multi-engine and instrument rated private pilot. He is a director and volunteer pilot for AirLifeLine, a nonprofit national medical transport for needy people who cannot afford to travel for medical attention. He is the author of several series including Dale Brown's Dreamland and, Patrick McLanahan. Dreamland. His title Tiger's Claw made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Storming Heaven
- Original publication date
- 1994
- Epigraph
- Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
--Horace - Dedication
- This book is dedicated to the hundreds of volunteers who coordinate missions and fly every day for AirLifeLine,, a national charity medical air transportation service based in Sacramento, California. They fly needy medical p... (show all)atients free of charge to receive treatment, and I dedicate this especially to its founder and president, my friend Tom Goodwin. Thanks to this great organization, I've been able to give back so much to the people of this great country who have given so much to me.
- First words
- "What you are about to see," the talk-show host began, "is a videotape of what is a historic but tragic occurrence--the last time since World War Two that territory of the United States of Americas has been attacked by a fore... (show all)ign power.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Correct," Townsend said. "Now find me a nice, quiet place to get rid of this mess."
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