Shadow Flight

by Harrison Jones

America’s security may depend on a young flight instructor from rural south Texas. Kyle Bennett’s charter flight disappears without a trace, along with a female student and the charter passenger. The mysterious disappearance cannot be solved despite the best efforts of the Civil Air Patrol, the Coast Guard and the FAA.

An independent aviation consultant is hired to assist and her investigation merges with that of the DEA and Tri Con Airline’s security department, who are battling the flow of drugs into the US from Mexico. When a Tri Con captain, Bud Gibson, and one of the airline’s mechanics, Matt Pierce, go missing, it’s suspected that more than drug smuggling is involved.

A conspiracy to complete the 9-11 attacks is underway and the terrorist are sure that they can defeat all of America’s security measures. Only Kyle, Bud and Matt stand in their way.

316 pages, Paperback

First published June 27, 2011

About the author

Author Harrison Jones writes aviation fiction based on personal experience. Before becoming an airline pilot, his forty year career included stints as an aircraft mechanic, a pilot ground school instructor and a flight instructor. He recently retired as an international captain with more than 20,000 hours in the cockpit and extensive flying throughout Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. His writing features realism and plausibility that is uncommon in aviation novels. His method has been described as separating fiction from fantasy by developing plot that is not only possible but indeed probable. Harrison says, "My career has blessed me with an endless supply of colorful characters and I allow them to dialogue freely. The narrative is there to simply keep them in scene and herd them all toward a final conclusion." Harrison is currently editing the manuscript for his second novel. He lives in his native Georgia with his wife, Diane.

Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although this novel started out on the slow side, it quickly turned into a real page turner that I was unable to stop reading until the end. Plenty of action and international intrigue with enough aviation-related content to maintain my interest. It would make a superb, albeit costly to make movie!
Not to be confused with a novel with the same title by Joe Weber.

[Dana Griffin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again retired airline pilot Harrison Jones comes up with an airline situation that has this pilot afraid it might actually happen. The story was slow to get going, but once I was a quarter of the way into it I couldn’t put it down. I look forward to his next book.

[Dennis Kitainik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harrison Jones's latest novel SHADOW FLIGHT is nothing short of an aviation masterpiece! Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down again! The characters in the book are both colorful and very realistic; the plot is a real page-turner combining the best of the disaster and detective genres, with investigators piecing information together piece-by-piece and pursuing various true and false leads (and getting in one another's way all the time, as often happens in real-life crime investigations) while the victims have to deal with countless interrelated crises arising at the same time or with one leading to another; action scenes are vividly described and leave the reader breathless; aviation specifics are well-researched and highly plausible; the author's witty humor is more than enough to put one on the floor with laughter; and last but not least, the subject matter is very relevant to today's world, dealing with the symbiotic relationships between Islamic terrorists, rogue Marxist governments and the drug mafia, as well as with both the strengths and the weaknesses of America's homeland security. This book deserves to be a classic of modern literature! Five stars!

[Harold Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book by Harrison Jones. This is the 2nd book I have read by him and it did not disappoint!

It is an aviation lovers dream novel because it is reality based and true to what a real pilot would see and feel. But anybody would love this book as it is just a great story with very loveable characters. It really is a page turner as it kept me in suspense and wanting to find out what was going to happen next.

I highly recommend Shadow Flight as well as Hariison's previous novel Equal Time Point. Both are fun reads with some common characters but you can read them in either order.

I also found his blog at www.harrisonjones.org and it kept me entertained 2 or 3 times a week between reading his two novels. He generally sticks to current avaition news and his usual humorous take on what is going on. He also updates and shares passages from the book he is currently writing. Good stuff!

[Sue Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book and all 3 in the series.
SOOO hope there will be more. Outstanding author!!!

[Joseph Halsted · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creative tale well told

Intricate airline story multi-facited with hijacking, drug smuggling, and enhanced with international terrorism. Good blend of credible and diverse characters.

[Gordon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Entertaining

Shadow Flight was a great read, not too complicated, fast moving, good plot line. A lot of good airplane information.

[Elaine Ledder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Serious entertainment!

Excellent book. A real page-turner! I just wanted everyone to go away and let me read. Well written, and great, realistic detail. Loved it. Perfect title.

[Maggie Walenty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Engaging

A great read for those who love a mystery with some technical jargon built in. Good character development and plot