By James Barrington
ISBN-10: 0230014720
ISBN-13: 9780230014725
Paul Richter sequence, e-book #3
In 1976, a Russian front-line pilot defected to Japan in a MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor, flying almost at sea point to prevent pursuing combatants and surface-to-air missiles. With approximately 30 seconds of gasoline last, he landed at Hakodate Airport, bursting a tire and skidding off the runway. earlier than the plane was once passed again to the Russians, American intelligence companies decreased it to a pile of elements after which rebuilt it—but they thoroughly did not discover the aim for which the Foxbat used to be created. Now, American satellites have detected strange job at a number of Algerian air bases, and at Aïn Oussera one huge hangar has been cordoned off and armed guards published outdoor. Western intelligence corporations suspect that Algeria could be planning an assault on Libya or Morocco, and that they might be keeping new plane or weapon systems in the guarded hangar at Aïn Oussera.
The simply approach to discover is to get somebody to seem contained in the development, and it'll need to be a covert insertion. this can be the place Paul Richter is termed in, as "a deniable asset," in a thrilling continuous mystery that strikes quickly via Bulgaria, Russia, and finally North Korea...