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Shadow command : a novel

General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart Russian aggression.

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  • "Based on the Armstrong Space Station orbiting the earth, the Black Stallion spaceplanes of General Patrick McLanahan's Aerospace Battle Force can attack any target on the planet within hours - and its powerful network of satellites can invade any computer network as easily as making a phone call. Western-educated Russian president Leonid Zevitin, one of the ABF's most dangerous adversaries, is determined to destroy all support for the space program by using a potent combination of top-secret anti-spacecraft weaponry, fear-mongering and a new U.S. president's own egotism. But McLanahan and his forces will not allow the Russian aggression to stand."
  • "Dismissed by a new president who has sided with critics of the Armstrong Space Station, General Patrick McLanahan hides the truth about Russian blackmailers who would seize control of American interests overseas."
  • "General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart Russian aggression."@en
  • "General Patrick McLanahan's new 'Aerospace Battle Force' has grown into a full-fledged space-based task force, based in orbit on the Armstrong Space Station; however, not everyone is supporting McLanahan and his Force. Russia argues that the program is a threat to international peace and security."@en
  • "General Patrick McLanahan's new 'Aerospace Battle Force' is based on the Armstrong Space Station. But the program has its critics, including Russia, the United Nations, and the American press. Russian president Leonid Zevitin uses a combination of top-secret anti-spacecraft weaponry, fear-mongering and new U.S. President Joseph Gardner's own egotism in a plan to eliminate support for the space program. Gardner and his allies will stop at nothing, to get what they want. McLanahan ignores directives from the White House and the Pentagon to stand down, and orders the Aerospace Battle Force to attack secret Russian bases in Iran - causing the President to order his immediate arrest. But before the authorities can throw McLanahan in jail, they first have to find him..."
  • "General Patrick McLanahan and his "Aerospace Battle Force" defy the new U.S. President to save the world from Russian incursion into the Middle East."@en
  • "General Patrick McLanahans Traum scheint in Erfüllung gegangen. Für die Verteidigung der USA steht ihm nun endlich ein schlagkräftiges Netz aus Satelliten und Kampfdrohnen zur Verfügung, das es ihm erlaubt, überall auf der Welt rasch zu intervenieren. Doch er hat das übersteigerte Ego von Präsident Joseph Gardner unterschätzt, der ihn um jeden Preis kaltstellen will. Als die Bedrohung wächst, zögert McLanahan dennoch keine Sekunde, eine russische Basis im Iran anzugreifen. Ein gnadenloser Wettlauf um Leben und Tod beginnt ... Dale Brown wurde 1956 in Buffalo im US-Bundesstaat New York geboren und nahm bereits Flugstunden, bevor er seinen Führerschein machte. Er studierte an der Penn State University und schlug dann eine Laufbahn in der US Air Force ein. Seit 1986 widmet er sich in erster Linie dem Schreiben. Als einer der erfolgreichsten US-Autoren landete er mit allen bisherigen Romanen auf der New-York-Times-Bestsellerliste. Dale Brown lebt in Nevada, wo er sich oft mit seiner eigenen Maschine in die Luft erhebt."
  • "America's most advanced military unit rebels against the very government it's charged to protect, in this pulse-pounding military thriller chock-full of suspense, adventure, and high-tech weaponry."
  • "General Patrick McLanahan's new 'Aerospace Battle Force' is based on the Armstrong Space Station. But the program has its critics, including Russia, the United Nations, and the American press. Russian president Leonid Zevitin uses a combination of top-secret anti-spacecraft weaponry, fear-mongering and new U.S. President Joseph Gardner's own egotism in a plan to eliminate support for the space program. Gardner and his allies will stop at nothing, to get what they want. McLanahan ignores directives from the White House and the Pentagon to stand down, and orders the Aerospace Battle Force to attack secret Russian bases in Iran - causing the President to order his immediate arrest. But before the authorities can throw McLanahan in jail, they first have to find him ..."
  • "The military refuses to allow Russian maneuvering to destroy their planned Aerospace Battle Force."@en
  • "Based on the Armstrong Space Station orbiting the earth, the Black Stallion spaceplanes of General Patrick McLanahan's aerospace Battle Force can attack any target on the planet within hours'and its powerful network of satellites can invade any computer network as easily as making a phone call. Western-educated Russian president Leonid Zevitin, one of the ABF's most dangerous adversaries, is determined to destroy all support for the space program by using a potent combination of top-secret anti-spacecraft weaponry, fear-mongering, and a new U.S. president's own egotism. But McLanahan and his forces will not allow the Russian aggression to stand. Sensing deep-seated treachery, the general ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon and dispatches the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran'which results in a presidential order for his immediate arrest. But before they can throw Patrick McLanahan in prison, the government will have to figure out how to retrieve him from his stronghold in space."@en

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  • "Adventure"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Action and adventure fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Mystery"@en
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  • "Schattenkommando Thriller"
  • "Shadow command : a novel"@en
  • "Shadow Command [Playaway]"
  • "Shadow command"
  • "Shadow command"@en
  • "Shadow Command"

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