Dimensions
113 x 180 x 29mm
Joe Light, his computer hacking days behind him, kicks back in first class on board the QANTAS 747 bound for London.
In the Hawaiian office of the National Security Agency, an electronic intruder within a Government computer network is detected. An unusual radio signal and non-routine troop movements in Indonesia raise suspicions further.
An air traffic controller at Denpasar Airport is shocked by the sudden disappearance of Flight QF1 from his screen. He doesn't want to admit what that could mean.
The sickening groan of metal breaking up plunges Joe Light and his fellow passengers into everyone's worst nightmare. The 747 is screaming towards earth. On board there is sheer panic.
The news of the downing of the plane in Indonesian airspace is only the beginning of Australian Prime Minister Bill Blight's crisis. ASIO and the NSA piece together a frightening scenario in the face of Indonesia's denial of any knowledge of what happened to the aircraft - one that will pit Australia's crack Special Air Services troops, led by Sergeant Mike West, and aided by the US Marines, in a desperate covert battle to avert all out war.
