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Nighthawk
Adventure thriller
Nighthawk
Book 14 of the NUMA Files series
463 pages · First published 2017
Nighthawk, an advanced unmanned spacecraft returning after three years in orbit, veers from its controlled descent and disappears over the South Pacific. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala join NSA specialist Emily Townsend in a search complicated by Russian and Chinese teams pursuing the same wreckage. The craft carries exotic matter stored near absolute zero, making recovery urgent before its unstable payload can produce a global catastrophe. Breathless and technology-heavy, this NUMA thriller suits readers who enjoy vanished aircraft, international rivalries, Andean pursuit, secret cargo, and recovery missions where every competing nation understands the prize but only a few know the true danger.
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Action violence, including armed confrontations and gunfire · Deaths and life-threatening situations · Aircraft and spacecraft disasters · Dangerous pursuit and survival situations · Threat of mass casualties and global catastrophe
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