Medusas Child, John J. Nance
Medusas Child, John J. Nance
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Medusa's Child

Author: John J. Nance

Narrator: John J. Nance

Abridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/25/2006


Synopsis

For thirty-year-old captain Scott McKay, the transport run from Miami to Denver will give him the money he desperately needs to keep his fledgling air cargo company flying. When a mysterious crate is discovered on his plane, however, McKay is ordered to abandon his present course and fly the crate and its owner, Vivian Henry, to Washington, D.C., before going to Denver. McKay takes the forced detour in stride—until a strange noise comes from deep inside the crate. It is the voice of Vivian's husband, Dr. Rogers Henry, warning that the shipment they are carrying is actually a fully armed Medusa device, a thermonuclear bomb that can destroy every computer chip over an entire continent, and blast the Silicon Age back to the Stone Age. And it is set to go off within hours.As panic spreads from the small community of nuclear scientists who used to work for Dr. Rogers Henry to the White House and eventually to the general public, a group of rogue military officers conspires to disobey the President's orders and secure the technology of the Medusa device, whatever the cost. Will Captain McKay and his crew trust their own instincts to dispose of the bomb, or will they let a misguided government dictate their actions?

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 Athena on February 03, 2023

Long story short, a crazy & genius scientist wanted to simultaneously blow up DC and torment his already psychologically abused ex wife. If you want Speed but on an airplane, and with some aviation lingo, Medusa's Child is great for you.  Nance was a pilot and obviously knows his shit, so there's th......more

Goodreads review by John on February 01, 2012

This book kept me on the edge of my seat to the point I could not put it down until the very end.......more

Goodreads review by Space on October 12, 2019

I'm starting to feel like all my reviews of all these Nance Novels are coming out the same. Aviationalistically induced stress, story tells how they overcome it. This is not a complaint, understand. It's just that all his books fit this formula. This one is no different. Fantastic read though, and I......more

Goodreads review by Sarah Elizabeth on May 21, 2020

(3.5 rounded to 4) This is the third Nance book I've read, and the least realistic one so far. (Saving Linda from falling out of the plane seemed a little far-fetched and not necessary with all the other drama going on.) I did love all the flying details (obviously), especially flying in turbulence......more

Goodreads review by Lee on January 20, 2024

The book was way too long -- I think I skimmed most of the last third of it. Nance is good at writing exciting stuff but this just pushed things way too far as I wanted to be done with it. Too much detail, unnecessary detail. I usually like his novels, but this one was harder to like because it seem......more