Final Vector by Allan Leverone is a spectacular thrill ride!
So, I already knew I loved Allan Leverone's writing and his short stories. If you missed my previous post, please check out Postcards From the Apocalypse! And, I think I've mentioned a time or ten on here that I love suspense thrillers. So, I was really looking forward to the idea of this great writer and a suspense thriller. I was definitely not disappointed. I was even more impressed than I had even imagined!
This author took a subject which he already knows about, being an air traffic controller, and he came up with a heart-stopping adventure. But, you don't get to sit back and be an impartial observer. He draws you in emotionally, and he makes you care about the characters. I like that because I personally prefer a character-driven story. If I don't care about the characters then I'm just not going to care about the story, no matter how great of a story it is. In this case, you get great characters AND a fantastic story! And you will be hanging on every word, and sitting on the edge of your seat. I love the way he draws out the suspense, and makes it feel as if it's happening in real time. You can feel the seconds ticking and almost hear the clock ticking. It's very intense! Nail biting! My favorite kind!
I VERY highly recommend this book! Allan Leverone has made his way to the top of my favorites list. I absolutely cannot wait to read anything he writes! This book is a fabulous suspense thriller, with lots of action, danger, hold-your-breath suspense, and a story line that is realistic and relevant! There are some really great characters that you will be rooting for! Normally this is one that I would have read in one sitting without putting it down, but unfortunately I didn't have the luxury of that kind of time, and I absolutely hated every time I had to put it down! This is definitely one you don't want to miss out on!
(For my readers who only read Christian books, this is not a Christian fiction title.)
Book Summary:
Air traffic controller Nick Jensen’s life is in a shambles. His wife Lisa has died following a horrific automobile wreck and the authorities suspect foul play. He finds evidence suggesting Lisa, a Pentagon auditor, had discovered potentially treasonous material on a fellow employee’s computer, a man who also winds up dead.
Desperate to escape the pain, Nick throws himself into his work and is on duty at the radar ATC facility serving Boston’s Logan Airport on the night U.S. President Robert Cartwright is scheduled to fly into Boston. Armed terrorists storm the facility, killing the security staff and taking Nick’s fellow controller hostage as he works.
Nick escapes capture, but with time running out, must use the information from his murdered wife to unravel the terrorists’ plot and stop an assassination while outnumbered, unarmed and on the run…
READ THE EXCERPT
Jackie piped up, his normally high-pitched voice rising a couple of octaves. “So we’re going to use these Stinger missiles to shoot down an airplane?”
“That is exactly correct,” Tony answered. “But not just any airplane. The president is flying into Logan International Airport in Boston very early next Sunday morning. We will be removing him from office. Permanently.”
“The president? The president of what?”
“What do you think?”
Stunned silence filled the room as the significance of Tony’s statement began to sink in.
“The president of the United States?” Joe-Bob whispered. “We’re going to shoot down Air Force One?”
Tony’s eyes glittered like hard black diamonds as he turned his cool smile on his small band of revolutionaries—the group that was about to change the course of history. “That is correct. President Cartwright is scheduled to celebrate the reopening of a historic church in Boston. I have learned that he will be flying into the airport around 5:00 a.m. next Sunday in order to arrive at the church in time to attend a sunrise service. He is then scheduled to lunch in the city with some of his major political contributors before flying back to Washington in early afternoon.
“Of course, as we now know, he will do none of those things, because he will be dead, lying at the bottom of a smoking hole in the ground just shy of Logan Airport. With a little bit of luck, perhaps people in the city will be killed as well, but that remains to be seen.”
Chaos erupted and then died down immediately when Tony held up a hand to silence his men.
Brian shook his head. “But how will we know where the plane is going to be and when to fire the missile? It’s a big sky out there.”
Tony smiled again. “We’ll know because we’re going to tell the pilot where we want him to go.”
“That is exactly correct,” Tony answered. “But not just any airplane. The president is flying into Logan International Airport in Boston very early next Sunday morning. We will be removing him from office. Permanently.”
“The president? The president of what?”
“What do you think?”
Stunned silence filled the room as the significance of Tony’s statement began to sink in.
“The president of the United States?” Joe-Bob whispered. “We’re going to shoot down Air Force One?”
Tony’s eyes glittered like hard black diamonds as he turned his cool smile on his small band of revolutionaries—the group that was about to change the course of history. “That is correct. President Cartwright is scheduled to celebrate the reopening of a historic church in Boston. I have learned that he will be flying into the airport around 5:00 a.m. next Sunday in order to arrive at the church in time to attend a sunrise service. He is then scheduled to lunch in the city with some of his major political contributors before flying back to Washington in early afternoon.
“Of course, as we now know, he will do none of those things, because he will be dead, lying at the bottom of a smoking hole in the ground just shy of Logan Airport. With a little bit of luck, perhaps people in the city will be killed as well, but that remains to be seen.”
Chaos erupted and then died down immediately when Tony held up a hand to silence his men.
Brian shook his head. “But how will we know where the plane is going to be and when to fire the missile? It’s a big sky out there.”
Tony smiled again. “We’ll know because we’re going to tell the pilot where we want him to go.”
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Author Bio:
Allan Leverone is a three-time Derringer Award Finalist whose short fiction has been featured in Needle: A Magazine of Noir, Shroud Magazine, Twisted Dreams, Mysterical-E and many other venues, both print and online. His debut thriller, titled FINAL VECTOR, is available February 2011 from Medallion Press. For details, please visit http://www.allanleverone.com/ or his blog at http://allanleverone.blogspot.com/.
Thank you to Allan Leverone for providing me with an ebook copy for review.
Blessings,
2 comments:
I've been hoping to read this one. It sounds great, and after chatting with Allan a bit, I know I want to read it. Now, if those other books in my TBR pile would just stop calling my name.
Will add this to my tbr pile, sounds good.
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