Saucer: Volume 1
Jan 2003 · Saucer Book 1 · Macmillan + ORM
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Stephen Coonts has earned an extraordinary worldwide reputation with his military thrillers featuring Jake Grafton, one of the most popular and recognizable characters in contemporary suspense fiction. In this exhilarating departure, Coonts takes readers on an imaginative journey into space that is as suspenseful as any of his other stories . . .
When Rip Cantrell, a seismic survey worker in the Sahara, spots a glint of reflected light in the distance, he investigates-and finds a piece of metal apparently entombed in the sandstone. Before long, Rip and his colleagues uncover a flying saucer that has been resting there for 140,000 years.
Their discovery doesn't remain a secret for long. The U.S. Air Force sends a UFO investigation team, which arrives just minutes before a team sent by an Australian billionaire to steal the saucer's secrets. Before either side can outwit the other, the Libyan military arrives.
Meanwhile, Rip has been checking out the saucer. With the help of a beautiful ex-Air Force test pilot Charley Pine, Rip flies the saucer away, embarking on a fantastic journey into space and around the world, keeping just ahead of those who want the saucer for themselves.
Saucer is a dazzling flying story and an action-filled look at what might have been...and what might be.
When Rip Cantrell, a seismic survey worker in the Sahara, spots a glint of reflected light in the distance, he investigates-and finds a piece of metal apparently entombed in the sandstone. Before long, Rip and his colleagues uncover a flying saucer that has been resting there for 140,000 years.
Their discovery doesn't remain a secret for long. The U.S. Air Force sends a UFO investigation team, which arrives just minutes before a team sent by an Australian billionaire to steal the saucer's secrets. Before either side can outwit the other, the Libyan military arrives.
Meanwhile, Rip has been checking out the saucer. With the help of a beautiful ex-Air Force test pilot Charley Pine, Rip flies the saucer away, embarking on a fantastic journey into space and around the world, keeping just ahead of those who want the saucer for themselves.
Saucer is a dazzling flying story and an action-filled look at what might have been...and what might be.
Praise for Stephen Coonts:
"Stephen Coonts is one of the great storytellers of our time, a master of high-stakes suspense and authentic military detail." — Clive Cussler
"Few writers can match Coonts for sheer narrative propulsion—once you start, you don't stop." — Tom Clancy
"Coonts writes with the authority of someone who has been there, turning military action into riveting, big-canvas entertainment." — Publishers Weekly
"Coonts combines technical savvy with emotional punch; he makes you care as much as he thrills you." — Booklist
"His command of aerial action and geopolitical intrigue is unmatched in the genre." — The Washington Post
"Coonts delivers the kind of taut, muscular storytelling that defines . . . adventure fiction." — The New York Times
Stephen Coonts has earned an extraordinary worldwide reputation with his military thrillers featuring Jake Grafton, one of the most popular and recognizable characters in contemporary suspense fiction. In this exhilarating departure, Coonts takes readers on an imaginative journey into space that ...
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January 24, 2012
Unfortunately I read this quite a while after my teens. Having said that, I couldn't leave the book half read. Not simply for completeness' sake, but because I was interested in the plot. The explanation at the end of the book as to the origins of the saucer is well explained, even plausible.
Even though it does seem to be aimed at the younger audience I shall be reading the next in the series.
Eventually.
Billy Sandoval
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January 29, 2013
Saucer is one that satiates the mind of the uncommon- those intrigued with the unique. I especially enjoyed the subtle hints that the main character may be descended from these Others.
Kim Desjardins
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April 1, 2014
Looking forward to the next volume...like the plot and can only become more interesting.
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About the author
Stephen Coonts is the author of The Disciple, The Assassin, and the Deep Black and Saucers series, among many other bestsellers. His first novel, the classic flying tale Flight of the Intruder, spent more than six months at the top of The New York Times bestseller list. A motion picture based on the book was released in 1991. His novels have been published around the world and translated into more than a dozen languages. In 1986, he was honored by the U.S. Naval Institute with its Author of the Year Award. He is also the editor of several anthologies, Combat, On Glorious Wings, Victory and War in the Air. Coonts served in the Navy from 1969 to 1977, including two combat cruises on the USS Enterprise during the last years of the Vietnam War.
Stephen Coonts is the author of The Disciple, The Assassin, and the Deep Black and Saucers series, among many other bestsellers. His first novel, the classic flying tale Flight of the Intruder, spent more than six months at the top of The New York Times bestseller list. A motion picture based on ...
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