58 MINUTES (BASIS FOR THE FILM - Softcover

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9781935169192: 58 MINUTES (BASIS FOR THE FILM

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ISBN 10: 193516919X ISBN 13: 9781935169192

Basis for the blockbuster film Die Hard 2 starring Bruce Willis.

"58 Minutes" is every traveler's secret nightmare. What if you are in an airplane during a violent snowstorm...What if your radar is destroyed...What if they can't get you down? It is 5:09 p.m. in New York City, and a man named Willi Staub is about to make sure the nightmare explodes into life. His goal: to bring the American government to its knees with the first major terrorist attack on the U.S. mainland. Staub, a ruthless and cunning man hunted by police forces in every major Western country, has led a carefully chosen team of revolutionaries from four continents to New York. Their plan: to hold as many people hostage as possible - in the skies above the city.

Can one policeman stop them?

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Review:

58 Minutes has enough built-in excitement to carry the day. -- New York Times "New York Times"

A nerve-ender with a pumping pace Wager can run with the best of them -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

From the Inside Flap:

After Die Hard blew the doors off movie theaters, there was no doubt that Bruce Willis's one-man-army of a cop would hit the big screen again, even harder. And Die Hard 2 made it happen doubling down on the explosive action. And just like the original blockbuster, the sensational sequel leaped from the pages of a suspense master's pulse-pounding novel

A massive blizzard has shut down nearly every East Coast airport, stranding travelers on the ground and in the air. But those circling the skies above New York's Kennedy Airport have far more to worry about than missed connections. When the control tower's radar suddenly goes dark, a mysterious caller known only as "Number One" announces that the countdown to terror has begun. Nineteen planes, and their helpless passengers, are now airborne hostages in the ruthless hands of a dangerous man on a deadly mission. And if the U.S. government doesn't bow to his demands, hell will rain from above as one jetliner after another exhausts its fuel and plunges to earth. With only 58 minutes between life and death, there may be nothing anyone can do except one New York City cop, with nerves of steel, attitude to burn, and a reputation for being hard on crime and even harder to kill.

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