The Defector
By Chris Hadfield

A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1and New York Timesand bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series'Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'Steve Berry,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand The 9th Manand and the Cotton Malone seriesIsrael, late 1973.and As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . .and and promptly disappears.NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled intoand a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defectionand that plays out across three continents.The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets' mythical 'Foxbat' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.For Chris Hadfield's second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris's CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace.Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events,and The Defectorand brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world's best fighter pilots.Praise forand The Apollo Murders'A nail-biting Cold War thriller' James Cameron'Anand excitingand journey to an alternate past' Andy Weir'Not to be missed'and Frederick Forsyth'Explosive'and Gregg Hurwitz'Exciting, authentic'and Linwood Barclay