John J Nance

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Publisher Marketing: In Athens, a Boeing 737 noses into the gate, and its crew is suddenly confronted by Greek officials waiting to arrest one of its passengers, a beloved ex-President of the United States, John Harris. Captain Craig Dayton, believing Harris' life is in danger, stages a daring escape by backing the jet away from the gate without clearance and taking off down a vacant runway. The dilemma for Captain Dayton and his precious cargo is that Peru has signed an Interpol warrant for President Harris' arrest, using the same treaty employed to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The Peruvian government alleges that Harris is personally responsible for a supposed CIA-led strike against a biological weapons factory during his term of office. But the nightmare for Harris and the U. S. State Department is this: There is no place to hide, because almost every nation in the world has signed the treaty and every one of them must honor the warrant and give Peru what it wants a president to humiliate on the international stage. Captain Dayton flies Harris and his crew on an against-the-clock mission around the world to find a safe haven, while Harris' rumpled and out-gunned lawyer wrestles an international team of legal sharks snapping at their biggest prize yet." Review Citations: Library Journal 04/15/2002 (EAN 9781587888212, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2000 pg. 98 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Booklist 02/01/2001 pg. 1020 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2001 pg. 135 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 02/12/2001 pg. 182 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Library Journal 03/01/2001 pg. 132 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 61 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Library Journal 12/20/2000 (EAN 9780399147135, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Nance, John J John J. Nance, aviation analyst for ABC News and a familiar face on Good Morning America, is the author of several bestselling novels including Fire Flight, Skyhook, Turbulence, and Orbit. Two of his novels, Pandora s Clock and Medusa s Child, have been made into highly successful television miniseries. A lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserve, Nance is a decorated pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield. He lives in Washington State.