{"product_id":"flight-of-the-old-dog-by-dale-brown-1551k","title":"Flight of the Old Dog by Dale Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlight of the Old Dog is the runaway bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Dale Brown. It is the riveting story of America's military superiority being surpassed as our greatest enemy masters space-to-Earth weapons technology--neutralizing the U.S. arsenal of nuclear missiles. n nAmerica's only hope: The Old Dog Zero One, a battle-scarred bomber fully renovated with modern hardware--and equipped with the deadliest state-of-the-art armaments known to man... n nEditorial Reviews n nA superbly crafted adventure...Exciting. --W.E.B. Griffin, bestselling author of the Brotherhood of War series n nSuspenseful and spellbinding. --Clive Cussler n nA page-turner...an adventure story with an eerie sense of reality...a premise that is possibly the most frightening since Fail Safe. --Richmond Times-Dispatch n nExcitement...Brown knows his airborne and Naval high-tech. --Publishers Weekly n nTerrific...a gripping thriller...a shattering climax. --Stephen Coonts n- From the Publisher n nIt is not the Reagan Administration that has secretly been developing a Strategic Defense Initiative in this first book by retired USAF Captain Brown, but the Soviets, and as soon as the system comes on line, the Russians flagrantly attack American intelligence and military craft with their laser weapon. The President and his advisors appeal to the UN Security Council; they even dispatch sophisticated B-1 bombers and a new, armed space satellite, but both are thwarted, and the U.S. is left dangerously incapable of detecting a missile launch from the eastern U.S.S.R. Desperate, they decide to send a souped-up veteran B-52 bomber, the Old Dog, and its expert navigator Patrick McLanahan on a crucial mission into Siberia to neutralize the death ray. Brown knows his airborne and naval high-tech equipment and the cockpit bantering of crews, and can tell a basically interesting story. He does not, however, examine the frightening political consequences of the superpowers trading shots. The novel's excitement is essentially that of a boy's adventure fantasy rather than the well-realized suspense of a credible thriller.  n- Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly n nA U.S. spy plane and a space-based missile defense satellite are taken out by a Soviet laser, bringing tensions between Washington and Moscow to the breaking point. A suped-up B-52 piloted by Gen. Brad Elliot, with Patrick McLanahan in the crew, takes out the laser. This work from the late 1980s, the first of Brown's many thrillers, has no end of action and detail. Richard Allen reads with great enthusiasm and energy; his narrative is quite good, clear and expressive. The dialog is also performed well overall. For public libraries.-Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll., Lynchburg Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. n n- Library Journal n nYou can teach an old dog new tricks -- if the animal in question is an old-line U.S. bomber retrofitted with state-of-the-art military hardware. Old Dog Zero One is put to the test in a mission to the Soviet Union in this novel written in the waning days of the Cold War. The target is a new Soviet weapon responsible for knocking an American spy satellite out of commission. Richard Allen brings a military bearing to the story, relating techno-jargon, action, and grunts' gripes alike with a commanding tone that makes the adventure more compelling and believable. Although dated, the Cold War story that launched Dale Brown's career in 1987 is still fun. J.A.S.  AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine n- JUN\/JUL 04 - AudioFile\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41845109719114,"sku":"1551k","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/1551k_bfbd9ab5-bccd-4e65-a004-97db25c169f2.jpg?v=1765625704","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/flight-of-the-old-dog-by-dale-brown-1551k","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}