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A review by jfranco77
Day of the Cheetah by Dale Brown
3.0
I re-read this book after going back and re-reading Flight of the Old Dog. Well, if Old Dog held up really well, Cheetah didn't hold up quite as well. Don't get me wrong, it was solid, but it didn't blow me away.
Eight years after the Old Dog, Brad Elliot is in charge of Dreamland. Of course the whole gang is there and Patrick McLanahan is running the Dreamstar project, basically a combination of a thought-controlled airplane and a next-generation jet with a lot more maneuverability and technology than the current version.
Unfortunately the test pilot for Dreamstar is Kenneth James, who is actually a deep cover Soviet spy who was put in place before he even joined the Air Force Academy. The Russians come up with the idea that James should steal Dreamstar, since they haven't been able to replicate the technology with the information he's been giving them. He succeeds and then McLanahan has to chase him all over the Western hemisphere.
There's a lot here. Sci-fi. Spy drama. Military jargon. An old-fashioned revenge novel. Some parts work better than ever. 25 years later, I'm not sure Dale Brown convinced me that a thought controlled airplane is better than one powered by a computer built in 2014. But the flying is good and the spy drama is good.
Probably 3.5 stars overall.
Eight years after the Old Dog, Brad Elliot is in charge of Dreamland. Of course the whole gang is there and Patrick McLanahan is running the Dreamstar project, basically a combination of a thought-controlled airplane and a next-generation jet with a lot more maneuverability and technology than the current version.
Unfortunately the test pilot for Dreamstar is Kenneth James, who is actually a deep cover Soviet spy who was put in place before he even joined the Air Force Academy. The Russians come up with the idea that James should steal Dreamstar, since they haven't been able to replicate the technology with the information he's been giving them. He succeeds and then McLanahan has to chase him all over the Western hemisphere.
There's a lot here. Sci-fi. Spy drama. Military jargon. An old-fashioned revenge novel. Some parts work better than ever. 25 years later, I'm not sure Dale Brown convinced me that a thought controlled airplane is better than one powered by a computer built in 2014. But the flying is good and the spy drama is good.
Probably 3.5 stars overall.