Storming Heaven

by Dale Brown

Book Overview

From Dale Brown, the best military writer in the country today (Clive Cussler), comes his most exciting and timely novel, set for the first time on domestic soil and in domestic airspace. America is under siege by professional terrorists, and Air Defense Lieutenant General Robert Blocker soon finds himself in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399139311
• ISBN13: 9780399139314
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A Real Nail-Biter!

Be prepared to have plenty of time to read before you pick this up & start reading, as you won't be able to put it down. One of Brown's best works so far. It brings the reader right into the action and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire book. "STORMING HEAVEN" Will make you think twice before 'hanging around' an airport! It was especially tense for me as I live in the area where the first part of "STORMING HEAVEN" takes place, and I know the area well. Even without that connection, "STORMING HEAVEN" is a must-read for all who enjoy Dale Brown's books and those like him who write about aviation and the all of the excitement which surround it. Bravo!

Start To Finish Excitement!

This was truly an exciting book. After Admiral Hardcastle warns the world about America's lack of guards against terrorism,the bad dreams. A psycho terrorist begins tearing up the heartland. After tearing up The Los Angeles airport by dropping explosives the terror begins. This terrorist pulls teooroist actions all over the country. The American authorities have their hands full. It takes the final pages of this book before the forces can finally subdue the force of evil. This is without question a page turner. Be sure to read it. You will not be dissapointed.Thanks to this book I am now a Dale Brown fan.

Brown's best

The quality of Dale Brown's input is rather varied with the awful Chains of Command on the low end, and Flight of the Old dog and Day of the Cheetah at the other end. That is until I read this one. This is by far the best he has written (with the possible exception of three novels I did not read yet). The action is breathtakingly realistic, the heroes are for once not the superman type, and the villains are impressive. Even the end of the book is surprising, and that is not always the case in this type of novel. A wholehearted recommendation, in spite of the minor flaws (the "I hate Bill and Hilary" theme - though not as disturbing as in Chains of command, and the "I don't think women can do well in a man's job" attitude).

A MUST READ!

Much, much better than 10, a million would be more like it! Henri Cazaux, what an evil, twisted man. With his associates, who he disposes of at will throughout the story when he`s had all he can with them, he wipes out hundreds of people at major airports, abuses a female astrologer who seems to have conviced him he worships the dark side and then decides to prompt Tom Clancy`s brain so he can nick the climax for `Debt of Honour`! (Ooops, shouldn`t try to give clues but this book does it much better!). The President and First Lady are obviously Bill and Hilary Clinton in disguise, whilst the director of the FBI, Lani Wilkes, is just as loathable character as Cazaux with her softly softly, do-gooder tactics which somehow contribute to the deaths at the airports with her meddling ways. Admiral Ian Hardcastle, however, is a kickass action artist who will not hesitate to use force to obliterate Cazaux and his cronies! The action is swift, relentless, the airborne sequences are realistic and generally although security on the ground at airports the world over can be tight, especially in major UK airports, the story is frighteningly plausible, to be filed under `this could happen!` Well done Dale Brown!

It makes "Black Sunday" look like Winnie the Pooh!

This was the first Dale Brown book that I read, and I was rather hesitant to read it at all. Once I started it, there was no turning back; I finished it the next day and lost about seven hours of sleep.At the end of the opening chapter of the book, Henri Cazuax, a psycopathic terrorist who believes he is the servant of Satan, has destroyed three airports, and killed or injured hundreds of people. The ending was no dissapointment, but you'll have to read it yourself to find out.