Capricorn Quadrant

by Charles Ryan

A sophisticated Soviet bomber malfunctions during its maiden flight, threatening to detonate all nuclear warheads within a thousand-mile radius, and the government calls on reclusive Cas Bonner to defuse the bomb

Genres: Fiction

379 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Glenn Armstrong · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Capricorn Quadrant was all in all a pretty interesting story. Almost ahead of its time with the huge Russian stealth aircraft flying at unbelievable speeds and altitudes, and with its futuristic weaponry. Some stereotypical characters from the sexy KGB agent and the hunky American hero. There was even a tobacco chewing/spitting American military guy. Every chapter seemed to begin with a new character which took away from the flow of the book for me. There was also an awful lot of technical jargon which went right over my head and I finished up simply skimming over it. Within the dialogue there was plenty of “goddamns’ and “goddammits” which is very much common with American talk. Within the book however it didn’t seem to matter who was talking. American, Kiwi and even Russian characters all spoke this way. After such a build up and with so many characters involved, I found the ending very abrupt. I would have liked to have seen all the different characters reactions to the climax and the various loose ends tied up.