The Defector - Chris Hadfield

From the author of the international bestselling thriller The Apollo Murders comes the supersonic hunt for a shadowy Soviet defector known only as 'Grief'. Israel late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying high-stakes game of spies lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets' mythical 'Foxbat' MiG-25 the fastest highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States' most secret testfrom the author of the international bestselling thriller the apollo murders comes the supersonic hunt for a shadowy soviet defector known only as ...