Wraith

by James R. Hannibal Narrated by Luke Daniels

Overview

From former Stealth Bomber pilot James R. Hannibal comes the intense and revealing prequel to Shadow Catcher.

After the towers fall on 9/11, a squadron of A-10 Warthog pilots in Germany are desperate for action, but CENTCOM puts them on the sidelines, leaving them restless...reckless. Amid the controversy of a fatal training mission, young Lieutenant Nick Baron leaves his fighter squadron to join the legendary B-2 Stealth Wing, where a recruiter for a new covert initiative recognizes his unique combination of skills. Suddenly Nick and his new friend Drake Merigold are swept into Operation Cerberus, a top secret mission that takes Nick from a harrowing flight over a black testing facility in the American desert to a fight for his life on the Iraqi Dunes.

"Hannibal brings together a terrific mix of real air technology with intrigue and nonstop action. A true suspenseful story that will keep you turning the pages until the exciting finale; it really is a great tale." -Clive Cussler, bestselling author

"Hannibal, a former air force officer, offers an insider's view into some of the U.S. Air Force's most intriguing weapons systems in his promising first novel, a post-9/11 thriller.... Hannibal demonstrates that high-tech weapons are only tools, and that it's the people doing the fighting who win the day.... will please military fiction fans." -Publishers Weekly

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Hannibal, a former air force officer, offers an insider’s view into some of the U.S. Air Force’s mostintriguing weapons systems in his promising first novel, a post-9/11 thriller.Capt. Michael “Victor” Baron, a pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” squadron, has long yearned to transfer to the ultrasecret Stealth bomber program.When the opportunity finally arrives, Victor is surprised to find that he’s been assigned to a site so secret that even Area 51 personnel aren’t cleared for it.Victor’s mission, using a new Stealth reconnaissance platform, is to kill a top al-Qaeda terrorist before the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom. When Murphy’s Law raises its ugly head, the hunter becomes the hunted. Hannibal demonstrates that high-tech weapons are only tools, and that it’s the people doing the fighting who win the day. That parts of the book read like a field manual will please military fiction fans. (June)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172465604
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	01/07/2014
Series:	Stealth Command , #1
Edition description:	Unabridged

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