Brown brings back the souped-up helicopters that were the
technostars of Hammerhead (1990) for a supporting role in a
near-future war between Lithuania and Belarus. That's Byelorussia
to those still updating their old globes. Lithuania is the much
more likable victim in a war that parallels Saddam Hussein's attack
on tiny Kuwait. The villains here are a General Anton Voschanka, a
Byelorussian who also heads all CIS (ex-USSR) forces in the
neighborhood, and Viktor Gabovich, an especially nasty ex-KGB type
who controls a supersecret aeronautical research center near the
Lithuanian capital. Both these creeps hate the new commonwealth,
loathe the Lithuanians, and pine for the old world order. One of
their chief irritants is General Dominikas Palcikas. Palcikas was a
Soviet hero until he cast his lot with the renegade Baltic
republic. Now he is head of the tiny Lithuanian defense forces.
Tough, charismatic, and just a touch fascist (but not in the least
Nazi), Palcikas has heard the sabers rattling across the border,
and he's whipping his forces into shape for war. But the
Byelorussians are armed with nuclear weapons and outnumber the
Balts a zillion to one. America's post-Bush president wants to help
when the invasion starts, but he doesn't want to get dragged into
war. He is forced to reach for the mad genius of the Air Force,
General Brad Elliott, who has a plan that will save Lithuania and,
at the same time, rescue one of the heroes of a previous Brown
novel (Flight of the Old Dog, 1986) who's been brainwashed by the
KGB into believing he's a Soviet plane designer and has been
chemically induced to design the first Russian Stealth bomber.
Elliott and his troops make good use of those handy new
helicopter-cum-fixed-wing planes that float like butterflies and
sting like bees. Longer than Desert Storm - but with much more
satisfactory results. (Kirkus Reviews)
In 1988, after a breathtaking raid into Soviet territory, Flt Lt
David Luger sacrificed himself to save his friends. They escaped to
safety, and Luger was left for dead in deepest Siberia. Four years
later it is discovered that Luger survived, so a rescue mission is
launched.
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