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Summary: a well written little gem
Review: Nance, as in his other novels, creates credible scenarios with sufficient techno-whiz that he is not forced into plotting that relies solely on Hollywood special effects to carry the drama. Nance starts with a plausible premise, then fleshes out the technical details - be they aviation or legal - to lead the reader toward a pleasantly surprising end. And to his credit, his use of language is, even with the more technical details. natural, unforced, yet still with considerable verbal style. It's a short, sweet read, from an author who respects his audience enough to research details and get them right without resorting to superficial treatments that annoy the more knowledgeable. The least credible detail? I don't believe his fictional software team would have made the mistake ascribed to them, although I defer to Nance's Gulfstream avionics that may have caused their mistake.
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Summary: Just "OK," I am afraid
Review: This was very slow to start for me, and as the book progressed from the cockpit, to the Pentagon, to the ocean, to the courtroom, to the White House I kept thinking "So what?"Its a little implausable that a pilot who "just happens" to be flying in a top secret military test zone gets wrapped up in the plot they way he does, and that it gets elevated to the level it does - just for the sake of reinstating his pilot's license? Pretty far fetched in terms of the story, but I enjoyed the technical side of the plot - as flawed as it was. A decent read, but I never really did buy in...
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Summary: Just "OK," I am afraid
Review: This was very slow to start for me, and as the book progressed from the cockpit, to the Pentagon, to the ocean, to the courtroom, to the White House I kept thinking "So what?" Its a little implausable that a pilot who "just happens" to be flying in a top secret military test zone gets wrapped up in the plot they way he does, and that it gets elevated to the level it does - just for the sake of reinstating his pilot's license? Pretty far fetched in terms of the story, but I enjoyed the technical side of the plot - as flawed as it was. A decent read, but I never really did buy in...
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Summary: A real yawnfest
Review: What could be more boring than a book about the minutiae of flying, or a legal argument? One combining both of them. This snoozer manages to be tedious about both flying and the law. The author has been compared to Tom Clancy - for the techo aspect of it - and to John Grisham, for the legal aspect. But those 2 authors manage to create levels if interest and excitement never approached here. Character development was severely neglected, and its lack is felt. It was a page-turner only in the sense that you flipped pages as fast as possible in a desperate attempt to get to the interesting part.
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