The Kill Box: A Technothriller

by Chris Stewart

Air Force One, on a flight from the Middle East, carrying the Vice President, crashes into a North Carolina hillside. Everyone aboard has been dead for hours before the crash, struck down by a virus of totally unknown origin. The threat is immediate, blunt, and terrifying. Here is a weapon that relies on no high-tech delivery system-a weapon that is potentially more dangerous than a thousand neutron bombs...

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Military Fiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Chris Stewart is a bestselling author and world-record-setting Air Force pilot whose previous military techno-thrillers have been selected by the Book of the Month Club and published in six different countries. He is the author of the highly acclaimed series The Great and Terrible, as well as A Christmas Bell for Anya, which was performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during their 2005 Christmas concert. He has also been a guest editorialist for the Detroit News, commenting on matters of military readiness and national security. He is president of The Shipley Group, a nationally recognized consulting and training company and founder of the Utah Renaissance and Leadership Center.

Reviews

[MMc14 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting story

[Mark Braun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stewart knows his stuff. A good bio-terrorism tale.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pleasantly surprised and taken in with this read. A bio terrorism tale with Hussein in the middle of it.

[Ferne (Enthusiastic Reader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is my understanding that this is the second novel by Chris Stewart who at the time of publication was a major in the U.S. Air Force. WoW! One of the descriptions of this action-packed, page-turner describes it as a page-flipping techno-thriller. WoW! - Yes!!

If you would like to share a title with a high school student and/or young adult interested in becoming a pilot or military radar technician in the armed forces or with a high school student and/or young adult that has an interest in pursuing a future in aviation development for the next generation, this is your novel. If you’d like to share a title with an adult that needs to learn that not everything they hear or read from the news media is accurate, this is your novel. If you’d like to share a title with an adult that needs to face reality and begin to question when they hear that the deaths of our servicemen and women occurred during a “routine training mission”, this is your novel.

“The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy was the techno-thriller of its time by sea and specifically by submarine. “The Kill Box” is Chris Stewart’s authentically written, cutting edge, gut-wrenching, g-force defying thrill ride for the skies! There are only 3 words to say about a book like this – “Don’t Miss It!”

[Cynthia · Rating 2 out of 5]

It took me about 45 pages to get into this book because of all the technical fighter pilot detail the author uses. The story is interesting and engaging...but I am one who likes the EOTWAWKI genre where the possible scenarios of biological terrorism, nuclear war, etc are played out. I would've given the book a higher rating except that I was extremely displeased with the author for allowing one of my favorite characters to be brutally killed, and I was very disappointed in the lame ending of the book. He could've done a lot more with the story than he did. I do love Chris Stewart's series "The Great and the Terrible" and I would definitely still read other books that he's written.

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this Author! If you like high action, military, terrorist, thriller type books then you would like this! I like that he writes clean, as far as no language or immorality. There is violence, because of the subject matter. Caution: there is one very graphically violent scene at the end of the book involving torture and death- you might want to skip over that-pretty disturbing, however realistic it might be.

[Kirt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This gets five stars, not because it is life-altering, profound, or exquisitely fine prose. I give it the first four stars because it is exactly what it purports to be: a gripping technothriller with a great story line, authentic detail, intense action, and a satisfying conclusion. Absence of crude language and unsavoury "adult" behavior earns it the fifth star. I could recommend this to my teenage daughter (if she had interest in F-15s, B-1s, bio-weapons and recent Middle-eastern conflicts).

[Jonna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book--maybe in large part because it is rare to find a book involving a lot of military action that isn't laced with swearing. So, if you want an exciting book and don't want to wade through lots of cussing, this one fits the bill. Well-written. I don't know how plausible the plot is, but it kept me entertained.

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

read 12.17.05

[Michelle S · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent read if you like the genre

[Levi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guy I know lent me this book--I need to read the other one--and he knew the author. Evidently it is his friends son. I can't remember much but it was good.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The "Tom Clancy" of the Air Force.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book by an author I've yet to read. His writing is concise and crisp and knows how to develop a great, fast moving plot. I will definitely be reading more of his novels.

[Carl Rochelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyable read I have enjoyed several of her "Kill" series , all good reads The Kill Box is no exception..