Night Trap [Import] [Paperback]

Gordon Kent (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; ANZ Only Ed Film/TV Tie-in Ed edition (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002258226
• ISBN-13: 978-0002258227
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,319,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gordon Kent was (is, I suppose) two people, my son - Christian Cameron, author of TYRANT and WASHINGTON AND CASEAR and other books - and me. The reason for the pseudonym was the obvious one that two names on a cover were not thought as good as one. And of course the one needed to be anglo and male; my suggestion of Max Cohen got nowhere, as did several dozen others we trotted by the publisher. Eventually, we settled on Gordon Kent: Gordon was my father's name, my son's middle name; Kent, oh, well.

We wrote eight novels - the Alan Craik books - under this pseudonym, starting with NIGHT TRAP (RULES OF ENGAGEMENT in the US, probably one of the most overworked titles there is) and ending with the much darker (and more satisfying) SPOILS OF WAR and THE FALCONER'S TALE. The books were about the air side of the US Navy, mostly about intelligence, but with a lot of derring-do that real intel officers never get to play at. They were usually fun to write because we'd both been in the navy, my son a good deal longer than I; we had our differences, as any two people must, but it was a surprisingly workable relationship. Lots of long-distance telephone calls, occasional meetings to go fishing and use the time in the car to plan books. We worked from outlines made on those trips, then divided the scenes up - we quickly learned who did which sorts of scenes and which characters better - and then we wrote and exchanged files and bickered and praised and wound up with a book.

Is Gordon Kent finished? We wonder. We're both writing our own books now under our own names, but occasionally we feel a nudge to go back to that partnership. Maybe, maybe....

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5.0 out of 5 stars The initial volume of a great series - but notin the US of A, October 8, 2011

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Having read all the other books in this series, I've been trying, without success, to get it through our county library and its access to other libraries throughout Florida and the rest of the US. With the exception of the Library of Congress, no copies were on the libraries' inventory. It looks like it was only printed in UK and elsewhere outside the US. It's the book which supplies the background for a continuing series about Naval aviators and intelligence officers. Good series with a great insight into Naval Aviation. I'm glad I could get the book at Amazon.

3.0 out of 5 stars Night Trap, July 15, 2010

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This review is from: Night Trap (Paperback)

I have also found that this is the same book as "Rules of Engagement". Beware.

4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging?, August 11, 2008

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Paul - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Trap (Paperback)

Potential purchasers should be aware this is exactly the same book as Rules of Engagement. I assume it was published under different titles in different countries. It's a good book, but don't make the mistake of buying both.