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Forced Landing

Name: Forced Landing
Author: Thomas Block
ISBN: 9781470145927

by Thomas Block

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Overview

In the bigger-than-life vein of James Bond and Star Wars, author Thomas Block has revised and edited his International Bestselling novel “Forced Landing” and it is now available in print and ebook formats! Taking place in a pre-9/11 world of the 80's, a former US submarine is hijacked in the Gulf, a floating aircraft carrier museum is hijacked from its dock, a Learjet and then a DC-9 is hijacked shortly thereafter. The story is a vintage-era caper that involves gold, hostages and a cast of noble and nasty characters.

Library Journal: “A well-written and carefully researched piece of high-camp.”
Mystery News: “The interplay of these characters builds to a shattering climax.”
Charleston Evening Post: “This story thoroughly holds the reader in suspense.”
Pittsburgh Press: “The man can write, and his supply of airplanes is inexhaustible.”
Publisher’s Weekly: “The ending is a lulu.”
Listed for many weeks on the Bestseller lists in the United States, England, Australia, Germany – and broadcast as a 13 episode radio drama on Japanese National Radio!News:
Buffalo News: “A whiz-bang story!”

About the Author, Thomas Block

Thomas Block has written a number of aviation-oriented novels, many which have gone on to acquire best-seller status in numerous countries. His novel writing began with the publication of "Mayday" in 1979. That novel was rewritten with his boyhood friend, novelist Nelson DeMille in 1998 and remains on DeMille's extensive backlist. "Mayday" became a CBS Movie of the Week in October, 2005.

Several of the other novels by Block include "Orbit" (a top bestseller in Germany, among other nations), "Airship Nine", "Forced Landing" (also done as a radio serialization drama in Japan), "Skyfall", "Open Skies" and "Captain". Thomas Block is still writing both fiction and non-fiction, and has edited and updated his earlier novels into ebooks in all the major formats and also into new full-sized (trade soft cover) printed versions.

Block's magazine writing began in 1968 and over the next five decades his work has appeared in numerous publications. He worked 20 years at FLYING Magazine as Contributing Editor, and as Contributing Editor to Plane & Pilot Magazine for 11 years. Block became Editor-at-Large for Piper Flyer Magazine and Cessna Flyer Magazine in 2001. During his long career as an aviation writer he has written on a wide array of subjects that range from involvement with government officials to evaluation reports on most everything that flies.

An airline pilot for US Airways for over 36 years before his retirement in April, 2000, Captain Thomas Block has been a pilot since 1959. Since 2002, he has lived on a ranch in Florida with his wife Sharon where they board, compete and train horses. Complete information (including direct links to booksellers) is available at http://www.ThomasBlockNovels.com or through the author’s additional website at http://www.FlyingB-Ranch.com. For Facebook users, complete information about Thomas Block Novels can also be found at two interlinked Facebook sites:
http://www.Facebook.com/Captain.by.Thomas.Block
http://www.Facebook.com/ThomasBlockNovels.

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Worldwide Reviews

Library Journal: “A well-written and carefully researched piece of high-camp.”
Mystery News: “The interplay of these characters builds to a shattering climax.”
Charleston Evening Post: “This story thoroughly holds the reader in suspense.”
Pittsburgh Press: “The man can write, and his supply of airplanes is inexhaustible.”
Publisher’s Weekly: “The ending is a lulu.”
Listed for many weeks on the Bestse