Craig Thomas
Firefox: Mitchell Gant: Book 01
by Craig Thomas.
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.
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
29th February 1984Retail Cost
£1.95Number of Pages
294Year Read
1984Firefox Down: Mitchell Gant: Book 02
by Craig Thomas.
The novel begins mere moments after the climax of the first novel, with Gant discovering that his aircraft sustained damage in the dogfight and is losing fuel rapidly. After a brief engagement with two Soviet MiG-25s, Gant lands the Firefox on a frozen Finnish lake, whereupon the weight of the aircraft causes it to break through the ice and become submerged.
Upon fleeing the lake, Gant is captured by the KGB and taken back to the Soviet Union. The West must then mount a desperate attempt to recover the Firefox from the lake, repair it, and return it to flyable condition before Soviet forces can recapture or destroy it. At the same time, Gant attempts to escape the Soviet Union.
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
13th September 1984Retail Cost
£2.25Number of Pages
370Year Read
1984