Vroege RecensentenThomas W. Young

The extraordinary new suspense novel from "one of the most exciting new thriller talents in years" (Vince Flynn). Four years after the events of The Mullah's Storm ("an irresistible adventure story"-USA Today), jihadists strike the Afghan National Police training center in Kabul, killing many and wounding others, including Sergeant Major Sophia Gold. The injured are hurriedly loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Germany, but once airborne, the commander, Major Michael Parson, receives a message. The jihadists have placed bombs on some planes leaving Afghanistan, and the Galaxy is one of them. If Parson tries to descend-the bomb will go off. Parson, Gold, and everybody else aboard are trapped at altitude, until either they or someone on the ground can figure out what to do. They can refuel in midair, but not indefinitely. The aircraft is deteriorating, the condition of the patients is worsening, the crew is tiring-and their biggest challenges are yet to come. The enemy is all around . . . and will take surprising form.

This is a review copy. "A transport plane carrying an important Taliban detainee for interrogation is shot down in a blizzard over Afghanistan. For two people—navigator Michael Parson and a woman Army interpreter, Sergeant Gold—a battle for survival begins across some of the most forbidding terrain on earth against not only the hazards of nature but the treacheries of man: the Taliban stalking them, the villagers, whose loyalty is unknown, and a prisoner who would very much like the three of them to be caught. All Parson and Gold have is each other, to stay alive. It is a novel of relentless pace and constant surprise—and the beginning of a brilliant career."

"I’ve heard it said that you should write fiction about what hurts you the most or what scares you the most. When I first deployed to Afghanistan, what scared me the most was not the thought of getting shot down and killed. It was the thought of getting shot down and NOT killed. What would I face on the ground? Would I be up to the task? This novel is an imagining of that fear." -Thomas W. Young In The Mullah’s Storm, a transport plane carrying a high-value Taliban detainee for interrogation is shot down in a blizzard over the Hindu Kush, and the storm makes rescue impossible. For navigator Michael Parson and a female Army interpreter, Sergeant Gold, an extraordinary battle for survival across some of the most forbidding terrain on earth is about to begin. Against snow, cold, feral animals, Taliban attacks, betrayal, and a prisoner who would very much like them to get caught, the two of them must rely on each other--Gold’s competence and expertise in Afghan culture keeping them sane, Parson’s outdoor skills and survival training keeping them alive. It is a novel of relentless pace and constant surprise, not only in the turns of its plot, but in the strength and fleetness of its prose. Thomas Young is a writer--and this is the beginning of a brilliant career.