The Kill Box

Stewart, Chris

ISBN 10: 0451198794 / ISBN 13: 9780451198792

Published by Signet, 2000

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Synopsis:

On the shoulders of two people, a female student and a male fighter pilot, on the Iraqi border rest America's last hopes of containing a lethal virus spawned by technology that has already claimed the vice president. Reprint.

Review: Former President George Bush plays a small but pivotal role in this latest military/techno-thriller from Chris Stewart, a major in the U.S. Air Force whose flying expertise gave his debut thriller, Shattered Bone, a fresh blast of credibility and verisimilitude. Onboard Air Force One for an important ambassadorial mission, Bush is killed in the book's first few pages by a biological agent released into the air by Iraqi terrorists working for Saddam Hussein's even more dangerous son, Odai.

Fearing that Junior is ready to gas the rest of the Washington establishment plus a large number of America's ordinary citizens, the government sends in a crack commando team to make sure the son doesn't rise to the occasion. There's also a boatload of top- secret electronic gadgetry (explained so well that even us techno-dummies can understand how they work), a touching young female spy who goes a long way toward humanising the Iraqi villains and enough in-flight action to satisfy the keenest video-game addicts. --Dick Adler

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Kill Box
Publisher: Signet
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good