From Publishers Weekly
Cuban engineers have created a nuclear-powered aircraft capable of delivering a deadly blow to El Jefe' s enemy to the north. Hearing this, U.S. intelligence forces devise a plan to turn the tables on Castro as he presides over an air show where the plane will be shown. Hector Rivera, a turncoat Cuban flyer, is to steal the plane and bring it to the U.S., where it will be outfitted with advanced American guidance systems. The plane is then to deliver a strike that will neutralize both Castro and his nuclear capability, all without implicating the U.S. in the estimated half-million civilian casualties. Unfortunately, Cuba's intelligence is onto this plan. Soon, Cuba has its airplane back, along with a purloined prototype of an American nuclear plane, piloted by double agent Corby Michaels. As thanks for his help, Corby is double-crossed by Castro himself and turned over to the Americans, who still have one last surprise for Fidel. Preceded by an 11-page glossary, Dunn's ( Sidewinder ) story is a flimsy account held together by stultifying passages of technobabble. Additionally, Cuba, a failed Soviet client state, is hardly credible as a post-Cold War bogeyman.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Unanswered questions about the mysterious defection of renegade flier Hector Rivera lure Lt. Commander Corby Michaels into a labyrinth of deception and international intrigue.
