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The Resource Icarus, Michael Köepf and Max Crawford

Icarus, Michael Köepf and Max Crawford

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  • Danny, a pilot in debt, does not ask enough questions when he's offered $20,000 to fly a small plane into Mexico, pick up a passenger, and fly him back across the border
  • "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"--Amazon.com, from Publishers Weekly
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
376 pages
Isbn
9780689119125
Instance
Label
Icarus
Title
Icarus
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Michael Köepf and Max Crawford
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Danny, a pilot in debt, does not ask enough questions when he's offered $20,000 to fly a small plane into Mexico, pick up a passenger, and fly him back across the border
  • "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"--Amazon.com, from Publishers Weekly
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3561.O338
LC item number
I24 1988
Literary form
fiction
Label
Icarus, Michael Köepf and Max Crawford
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
17108067
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
376 pages
Isbn
9780689119125
Lccn
87031928
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Library's copy 1 (SW Writers): Gift of Tom Zigal, 2016 (Access. No. 2016-140). With dust jacket.
System control number
(OCoLC)17108067
Label
Icarus, Michael Köepf and Max Crawford
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
17108067
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
376 pages
Isbn
9780689119125
Lccn
87031928
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Library's copy 1 (SW Writers): Gift of Tom Zigal, 2016 (Access. No. 2016-140). With dust jacket.
System control number
(OCoLC)17108067

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