'A full throttle adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy
the ride!' Jack Carr former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the
James Reece Terminal List series'Continuous action Mach-speed mayhem sharp intrigue and
well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?' Steve Berry New York
Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone seriesIsrael 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 test site - and hope
that with skill and cunning the game plays out his way. For Chris Hadfield's second
heart-stopping thriller we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris's CV:
his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy and as an RCAF fighter
pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail
excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events The Defector brings us the
nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat as told by one of the world's best fighter pilots.Praise
for The Apollo Murders'A nail-biting Cold War thriller' James Cameron'An exciting journey to an
alternate past' Andy Weir 'Not to be missed' Frederick Forsyth 'Explosive' Gregg Hurwitz
'Exciting authentic' Linwood Barclay
