Headwind, John J. Nance
Headwind, John J. Nance
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Headwind

Author: John J. Nance

Narrator: John J. Nance

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

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.

About John J. Nance

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

This book is a thrilling chess game between two international lawyers. One lawyer, a very well known British barrister (Stewart Campbell), is trying to serve a warrant from Peru on a former American president, John Harris. Campbell has "irrefutable evidence" that Harris ordered a group of thugs to i......more

Goodreads review by Susan

Disclaimer: I love any John Nance novel. I have no objectivity whatsoever. Headwind is his latest and it's as good as the rest which is to say, great. Former President, John Harris is heading back home from Rome. He's in the plane and they are getting ready for takeoff when the crew leans that they'......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Peru issues an Interpol arrest warrant under an internationally signed treaty for former President Harris. As the plane carrying Harris lands, the pilot backs out and takes off. The rest of the novel involves flying, diplomatic relations and legal tactics. The plane eventually lands and the tape on......more