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Controlled Flight
Smithson is a super-hacker. He’s a devotee of first person shooter video games. No longer content with cybercrime, of controlling his victims from the shadows, he is becoming a character in a real world game. It is a game of weapons, maneuver, and death.
Paul Hull is a former Air Force Combat Controller, a nearly anonymous component of United States Special Operations. He completed multiple combat deployments in the Global War On Terror, fighting alongside more well known units such as SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force. He is now medically retired after a serious parachute accident, living with his wife in a small town in Ohio.
Smithson and the Hulls cross paths at a lonely site in Indiana, the birthplace of Wilbur Wright, one of the pioneers of powered flight.
They become adversaries in a deadly game that plays out across a number of historic sites related to the Wright Brothers, a game that reaches a lethal conclusion in three short days.
Paul Hull is a former Air Force Combat Controller, a nearly anonymous component of United States Special Operations. He completed multiple combat deployments in the Global War On Terror, fighting alongside more well known units such as SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force. He is now medically retired after a serious parachute accident, living with his wife in a small town in Ohio.
Smithson and the Hulls cross paths at a lonely site in Indiana, the birthplace of Wilbur Wright, one of the pioneers of powered flight.
They become adversaries in a deadly game that plays out across a number of historic sites related to the Wright Brothers, a game that reaches a lethal conclusion in three short days.
437 pages, Paperback
Published April 19, 2023
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April 25, 2023
First book I have finished since my accident! Thankful that my dad wrote another book because I don’t think I would have pushed through and completed a book by any other author now that reading is so taxing. If I didn’t have stamina issues I would have probably finished this in a few days. It is a gripping story. The main characters all have their own unique voices. The chapters alternate between characters in a way that maintains suspense and keeps you engaged in all elements of the story. I had the same “this could be a movie” feeling that I did when reading Ready Player One years ago. Would so easily translate to the screen.
It’s nice to read something that has historical information in it without being historical fiction. I would recommend to fans of movies like Taken, anyone from west central Ohio or with an interest in aviation, and to people who simply enjoy suspenseful cat and mouse stories. You don’t need to have any background knowledge about aviation, the military, or Ohio history to get pulled into this story. Enjoy!
**this is by the Mike Van Horn who wrote Neil Down, not the other author with the same name that the title is currently linked to on Goodreads.
It’s nice to read something that has historical information in it without being historical fiction. I would recommend to fans of movies like Taken, anyone from west central Ohio or with an interest in aviation, and to people who simply enjoy suspenseful cat and mouse stories. You don’t need to have any background knowledge about aviation, the military, or Ohio history to get pulled into this story. Enjoy!
**this is by the Mike Van Horn who wrote Neil Down, not the other author with the same name that the title is currently linked to on Goodreads.
May 21, 2024
This book was very good! It was interesting, suspenseful, and well-written! A very good read with lots of factual information about the Wright Brothers thrown in along the way. I would say it is historically based and a crime drama/suspense story/thriller read... very fun and informative!
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