Pirate / Duncan Falconer.
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TextPublication details: London : Sphere, 2011Description: 389 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781847444110; 9781847444127 (pbk.)Subject(s): Hostage negotiations -- FictionGenre/Form: Suspense fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: ADVENTURE / THRILLER. From four thousand metres, a hand-held ground-to-air missile will total any aircraft. From four hundred metres, there'd be nothing left but hot metal. So the SIS brass are very interested when intelligence reports start filtering through of two 747s being targeted on final approach, and a suspected al-Qaeda operative in the market for hand-held missiles in Yemen. When the terrorist chatter suddenly goes quiet, the Secret Intelligence Service sends Stratton and Hopper into the field to snatch the al-Qaeda buyer. But after a bungled exfiltration, the two SBS men are captured in the Gulf of Aden by Somali pirates. And step right into the middle of a massive jihadist operation. Now they must deal with a group of hijackers for whom they are just a bargaining chip. And the pirates are determined to send out a deadly message.
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ADVENTURE / THRILLER. From four thousand metres, a hand-held ground-to-air missile will total any aircraft. From four hundred metres, there'd be nothing left but hot metal. So the SIS brass are very interested when intelligence reports start filtering through of two 747s being targeted on final approach, and a suspected al-Qaeda operative in the market for hand-held missiles in Yemen. When the terrorist chatter suddenly goes quiet, the Secret Intelligence Service sends Stratton and Hopper into the field to snatch the al-Qaeda buyer. But after a bungled exfiltration, the two SBS men are captured in the Gulf of Aden by Somali pirates. And step right into the middle of a massive jihadist operation. Now they must deal with a group of hijackers for whom they are just a bargaining chip. And the pirates are determined to send out a deadly message.
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