AGAINST ALL ENEMIES - Hardcover

Herman, Richard Jr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0380973219 ISBN 13: 9780380973217

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

After a U.S. B-2 bomber is shot down during an attack on a chemical weapons plant, an innocent African-American Air Force captain stands accused of treason, violence threatens to erupt, and one brave lawyer must weed through the corruption and race against time to stop a major catastrophe and save an innocent man.

About this title

About the Author:

A former weapon systems operator, Richard Herman was a member of the United States Air Force for twenty-one years, until he retired in 1983 with the rank of Major. He is the author of seven previous novels--including THE WARBIRDS, FORCE OF EAGLES, FIREBREAK, CALL TO DUTY, and POWER CURVE, all published by Avon Books. Mr. Herman currently lives and works in Fair Oaks, a suburb of Sacramento, California.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Former Air Force major Herman (most recently, Power Curve, 1997, about the first woman president of the US) produces realistic suspense tales that some call ``thinking man's'' thrillers that out-Clancy Clancy. Here, a military mission goes sour when an American B-2 bomber loaded with high-tech goodies fails in its attack on a Sudanese biological weapons plant and the crew is captured. Back in California at the ironically named Whiteman Air Force Base, an African-American (and Muslim) Air Force captain, Bradley Jefferson, is cast as scapegoat, charged with espionage, and readied for court-martial. Taking advantage of this trial is demagogue Jonathan Meredith, head of the superpatriotric First Brigade, who fancies himself an American Caesar and is running for President. His heroism during the Oklahoma Citystyle bombing of the new San Francisco Shopping Emporium (and his angry comments following the disaster) have given him great cachet, even though he's leading the country into a racial war. Government prosecutor Hank Sutherland looks likely to convict the Air Force captain, though Jefferson is defended by a famous defense lawyer. Echoes of the Dreyfus case abound, while legal issues stitch together much of the novels high tensions. Herman has a distinctive beat to his wickedly adroit military thrillers whose firestorms are averted only at the last second. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0380973219
• ISBN 13: 9780380973217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376