Book description
From the acclaimed author of Top Hook and Hostile Contact, the fifth
exhilarating tale of modern espionage and military adventure featuring
US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik - sure to appeal to the many
fans of Tom Clancy and Dale Brown.
Alan Craik and his US Navy battlegroup confront two new enemies:
international, organized crime and a massive storm at sea.
Alan is back on the aircraft carrier USS Thomas Jefferson, using the
latest radar technology to monitor smuggling craft in the Indian Ocean
between Pakistan and Somalia. As a break he is sent ashore to assess the
port of Mombasa for a forthcoming liberty visit.
While the battlegroup remains at sea because of a brewing storm, he
arrives in Mombasa safely. But he is hardly on the beach when a US Navy
support ship is blown up at the dockside. Chaos ensues, and further acts
of violence. Soon - cut off from support by the storm at sea - Alan is
charged with the task of tracking down the faceless people behind these
apparently motiveless terrorist attacks. 'Consistently excellent …
loaded with gunfights, snappy dialogue and the aerial hijinks of
supersonic jet fighters. The high testosterone doses satisfy, but best
is the complex and clever web of motive Kent weaves for the mole.'
Publishers Weekly, on TOP HOOK
'The concept of the character-driven thriller had seemed almost a
contradiction in terms - until recently, when in the hands of Gordon
Kent, the descriptor has begun to make exciting sense.' Booklist, on TOP HOOK
'Kent knows his subject at first hand and the expertise shows on the
page: high stakes, pounding tension and the best dogfights put on paper.
A lot of thrillers these days, you come away feeling like you've been in
a simulator. Gordon Kent straps you into the real thing. Enjoy the
ride!' IAN RANKIN, on NIGHT TRAP
'Flying, spying and dying - NIGHT TRAP is the real straight Navy stuff.
Better strap yourself to the chair. I loved it.' STEPHEN COONTS Gordon
Kent is the pseudonym of a father-and-son writing team, both of whom
have extensive personal experience in the US Navy. Both are former
Intelligence officers and both served as aircrew. The son earned his
Observer wings in S-3 Vikings during the Gulf conflict. After service in
the Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, Pacific and Africa, he left active duty
in 1999.
