Here is a link to reader reviews of this book, in case anyone would like to learn more:
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0670639699/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1Note that the highest review possible is for 5 stars. Out of 18 reviews given, 15 were for 5 stars. And the other 3 were for 4 stars out of 5. So this is definitely a well written book. Forsyth is most famous for being the author of "The Day of the Jackal", which was selected as being the best novel of 1971.
If you do read all of those reviews, some contain some spoiler info. So be careful in reading them, if you do plan to track this down and read it.
There are used copies of the book selling on Amazon.com for as little as $.99, so this is definitely most affordable. It was written back in 1975. While it received some great critical acclaim, it was not at all the commercial success that some of his other works have had.
Since most of it is written as being the thinking that is going on inside the mind of a pilot dealing with an emergency, it has a most unique perspective. And I think that this sort of perspective alone would appeal to players of this game. For it puts you, the reader, right into the cockpit of the stricken fighter plane, trying to find some way to avoid the impending disaster as his fuel is slowly used up.
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