Icarus - Hardcover

Koepf, Michael; Crawford, Max

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689119127 ISBN 13: 9780689119125

Publisher: Atheneum, 1988

Synopsis

When airline pilot Danny Cox is unjustly accused of murder, he fakes his own death and begins an investigation of the people who set him up

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

This noir novel with a Montana accent is dedicated to real-life skyjacker D. B. Cooper, who collected his ransom in-flight and bailed out into oblivion. Cooper's story obviously inspired that of the fictional Danny Cox, who also finds a unique means to make his getaway from a skyjacking. Cox and Max Hubbard, his copilot, buy land together near Missoula. When the security of his idyllic ranch is threatened by land speculators, Cox helps finance the opposition by throwing in with Hubbard and a group of hardened spooks they served with in Vietnam. The small-scale involvement escalates into events that cause Hubbard's death. Cox falls into the power of Lane Blackmuir, a powerful consultant to presidents who is not above plotting a candidate's assassination. Koepf (Save the Whale) and Crawford (Lords of the Plain) have found wonderful ways to use their knowledge of flying to spice up large and small confrontations. And they settle for nothing less than a nitty-gritty portrayal of crass mercenaries and the man who must rely on them. But the face-offs and escapes multiply beyond reason in this novel, and the repetition diminishes the credibility of what might have been a fine, streamlined tale of the frigid Northwest.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Like many people at the top of their professions, aircraft pilot Danny Cox yearns to take his burned-out shell of a life to a peaceful hideaway. His associates jerk him brutally into a scheme that leaves a wide trail of violence and death and that threatens Cox's own life. Cox demonstrates the physical attributes of an Alistair McLean hero, the cleverness of a Dick Francis avenger, and the moral certainty of an Ian Fleming 007 in this hair-raising tale of murder, hijacking, and mortal combat in the mountain fastness of Montana. There is a wealth of aviation detail. Unusual entertainment for fans of adventurous, bare-knuckle derring-do. Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0689119127
• ISBN 13: 9780689119125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376