The Last Phoenix (44 page)

A former weapons system operator,
RICHARD HERMAN
was a member of the United States Air Force for twenty-one years, until he retired in 1983 with the rank of Major. He is the author of ten previous novels—including
Warbirds, Force of Eagles, Firebreak, Call to Duty, Power Curve, Against All Enemies, Edge of Honor,
and
The Trojan Sea.
Mr. Herman currently lives and works in Gold River, a suburb of Sacramento, California.

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“A ‘TOP GUN’ OF A WRITER.”

Dale Brown

“A SKILLED STORYTELLER…RICHARD HERMAN KNOWS HOW TO DESCRIBE THE PRESSURE AND UNPREDICTABILITY OF BATTLE, ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR…HE HAS A SURE COMMAND OF WHAT IT TAKES TO HOLD THE READER.”

Sacramento Bee

“TOO MANY OF TODAY’S GEOPOLITICAL THRILLERS RING FALSE, BUT NOT HERMAN’S.”

San Francisco Examiner

“TOP-FLIGHT ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT FOR THRILLER FANS.”

Booklist

“RICHARD HERMAN DELIVERS WHAT FANS OF THE GENRE REALLY WANT.”

Flint Journal

“A TIP OF THE WINGS TO RICHARD HERMAN.”

W.E.B. Griffen

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ROJAN
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EA

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DGE OF
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ONOR

A
GAINST
A
LL
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NEMIES

P
OWER
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URVE

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RON
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ATE

D
ARK
W
ING

C
ALL TO
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UTY

F
IREBREAK

F
ORCE OF
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AGLES

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HE
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ARBIRDS

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE LAST PHOENIX
. Copyright © 2002 by Richard Herman Jr. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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