Rescue Flight

by Carl A. Sparks

Carley Downs, medical doctor with the Peace Corps and first daughter to the United States, has been mistakenly abducted by the Guatemalan drug cartel. Without knowing Carley’s true identity, the cartel believes someone in her medical team is in possession of sensitive information involving cartel activities.

President Harlan Downs must decide on an expedient, low profile rescue operation before his daughter’s captors discover Carley’s true identity and force the United States into impossible negotiations for her release.

Matthew and Chase McWain, highly decorated former U.S. Marine Corps aviators, are struggling to make a success of their flying service in the short time they have been out of the Corps. The president has been made aware of Matthew’s special skills flying for Force Recon and has requested him to lead the rescue op. Matt and his team discover that the cartel has established an alliance with an Iranian terrorist organization. Time is quickly running out for Matt to snatch Carley from the cartel’s grasp before they deliver her into the hands of terrorists who will surely recognize the first daughter.

Outmanned and outgunned, the rescue team find themselves locked into life or death struggles, first with the cartel, and later with the notoriously savage Iranian terrorist leader, Ahmad Hassam, as all three fight for the possession of Carley Downs.

Genres: Mystery Thriller

418 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 5, 2013

Reviews

[Mary Enck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Action Plus. This novel has lots of it. I am a reader who loves to become engaged in such a story. The characters are so alive and the dialogue is so filled with entertaining quips that it is easy to like them. I am sitting here writing this bereft of no more story to carry me away in the company of these people I have gotten invested in and wanting for more time with them. I am very pleased to see there is a sequel. I am strongly motivated to get my hands on it straight away. I don't need to speak so much of what the story is about because that has been done enough in the reviews here, but rather the great skill of the storyteller is terrific. Mr. Sparks has done an amazing job in this his first novel. I feel as if I learned a lot about aircraft and flying from this story. That was fun and so very authentic. I liked that part a lot and I could see there was a lot of research that went into the writing of it.

[Deratta Huey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my usual genre.

I read about three books a week, while working full time. I don't read too many military books. This was interesting, and I will read the sequal. My husband was a Marine, it was interesting to see inside the mind

[IMHO · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Rescue Flight" introduces Matt and Chase,
retired Marine aviators, who are recruited
to rescue the President's daughter.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

[janet havrilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could not put this down

Once I opened this book and started reading I could not put it down. It was all action right from the get go. A great read to chill out with.

[Garrett Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great story

Matt & Case go off to South America to save the President 's daughter ,going through gun battle and other things to get her home

[Book Him Danno · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a action and adventure book with all of the ingredients you would expect. It starts out in Guatemala with the President's daughter who is a Dr. working for the Peace Corp under her mother's maiden name. She and her fellow travelers are kidnapped and the story switches to Edinburg Texas where our hero and his cousin, both ex Marine flyers, run an aviation service. They are recruited for the rescue and the action begins. It involves planes, CIA, drug cartel, terrorists, marines, navy and other agencies and ends with a firefight and dramatic rescue. If you like action and adventure tales this book is for you.

I would rate it 4 stars.

I picked it up at kindlebuffet.com because it mentioned Edinburg Tx which is next to where I used to winter.

Thanks Frank for the review

[Yolande · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an entertaining read. The author succeeds in capturing the reader's attention from the first chapter and it is hard to put the book down. I feel the plot is well-executed and the writing and dialogue crisp and functional. For the pure escapism factor this book offers, it deserves five stars.

It is obvious that the author put a lot of research into the book and it made the read all the more enjoyable. It is not a quick read, but it never was tiresome. Unfortunately the grammar errors distracted from the excellence of the book. That being said, this is definitely a book that I would recommend to readers of thrillers and suspense. I look forward to the author's next book.

[Sheila · Rating 2 out of 5]

It took me a while to finish this book; I just couldn't stay interested in it. Maybe it was too much description of the area, or how the airplanes worked, etc. I felt it was slow moving. Toward the end it was more interesting. I felt sorry for Chase; he didn't have much of a part in the story and Matt was a hero. There's a lot of violence, in case you don't like that.

[Shauna Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great debut novel by Mr. Sparks! The character development was excellent and the plotline was believable and action packed! This book has all the topics I love as a veteran - God and Country! This book will leave you completely satisfied in the best ways possible! Pick up this book - you will not be disappointed!