David Craig Owen Thomas ha fuso magistralmente l'indagine filosofica con il coinvolgente suspense dei techno-thriller. I suoi romanzi, spesso ambientati nel mondo ombroso dell'MI6, approfondiscono le complesse motivazioni dei personaggi e le intricate trame. L'approccio letterario distintivo di Thomas risiede nella sua capacità di intrecciare narrazioni avvincenti con profonde esplorazioni della natura umana e dei dilemmi etici.
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. THE MACHINE: The Soviet Mig-31, codenamed Firefox. A thought-controlled, terrifyingly lethal warplane capable of ruling the Western skies. THE MAN: His name is Gant, an obsessed renegade American pilot. His Control: Kenneth Aubrey of Great Britain. His plan: infiltrate the shadowy worldwide KGB network and make his way into the Soviet Union. His job: steal Firefox.
The book explores the profound impact of climate change as humanity's most significant threat, driving a critical reassessment of societal foundations. It delves into the challenges of transforming societal structures to effectively address this crisis, highlighting the urgent need for innovative thinking and action in response to environmental changes. Through this lens, it encourages readers to reflect on the values and systems that underpin our world.
The trap was baited and waiting, but MI5's Aubrey still had a trick or two up his sleeve. And he had friends willing to risk everything in Afghanistan and Prague in search of the secret of Teardrop, buried deep in the centre of Moscow. The author's other novels include "Firefox" and "Rat Trap".
Patrick Hyde, the hero from A Hooded Crow and The Last Raven matches wits with India's powerful government forces over the killing of a famous Indian movie star and evidence of corruption at the highest levels in this intricate and suspenseful new thriller from internationally bestselling author Thomas.
Aerospace UK, one of David Winterborne's biggest investments, is in deep trouble and, unless he can find a market for an airliner no one wants, it will go under - taking him with it. For David, the solution is simple - and utterly ruthless. The Vance 494, the rival aircraft taking his customers, must be discredited. When the Vance 494 crashes, the cause is a complete mystery to the investigators and there is only one way to determine what happened - follow the exact flight path of the aircraft again. And there's only one man to do it - Mitchell Gant. For Gant, the unbelievably tense moments in the cockpit are only the beginning of a chase that takes him to Europe and into the heart of America, pursued remorselessly as he hunts the one man who can tell the truth about the crash.
Mitchell Gant flies his most desperate mission in the skies above Central Russia.
Lays bare the continuing suspicions and rivalries of the post Cold War atmosphere in Eastern Europe in a story of illegal arms dealing and its implications for the time bomb that is South Africa. Craig Thomas is the author of "The Bear's Tears" and "The Last Raven".
Novel based on a British nuclear submarine, with a secret anti-sonar system, operating in the Barents Sea.
1940 as World War II rages on, an Anglo-Irish spy uncovers a secret pen of German U-Boats. Meanwhile Nazi agents multiply in Ireland & a parachute drop is imminent somewhere. Operation Code Name EMERALD is put into effect! Four decades later his son a bestselling author & historian, is doing research for his latest book. When he receives a mysterious letter. Was his father on to something? Were the Germans really preparing to invade Ireland? Both men are being hunted by powerful foes who want the truth to remain hidden.
