THE MACHINE: The Mig-31, world's deadliest warplane, code named Firefox. Mitchell Gant stole it grom the Russians. But he hasn't escaped unscathed. Pursued, the stolen superjet leaking fuel, Gant is forced down near the Soviet border, his life and the fate of Firefox hanging in a desperate balance. THE MISSION: Neutral Finland has given Britain and America forty-eight hours to pull the plane from its frozen hiding place and salvage its secrets. Savage arctic weather has cut the time in half. THE MAN: Frantic to locate and retrieve their ultimate weapon, KGB officers have seized Gant. They will stop at nothing to make him reveal what he knows. As Sir Kenneth Aubrey's team battles the clock and the brutal elements,Gant must resist with sheer will and escape by sheer daring.The only man on Earth who can fly Firefox, he may now be the only man on Earth who can save it.
In Firefox Down!, Craig Thomas returns with more of the riveting action and suspense that made his Firefox an international bestseller. Now, pilot Mitchell Gant flies the Soviet Mig-31 - the deadliest warplane ever built- out from under watchful Russian eyes and into the heart of new danger and intrigue.