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Description
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, BRADEL, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | First edition, Dedicated copy, Dust jacket, Handwritten notes |
| Condition | Old, like new |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Published date | 1973 |
| Languages | English |
| Size | 14 x 22 x 3 cm |
| Author | Adam Hall |
| Editor | William Collins Sons & Co Ltd |
Description
The high risks of my trade first drew me to it and that is why I ply it, and the higher the risk the greater is the itch to take it, and when the chance of survival is almost nil then I'm hooked and damned and hellbound, and don't get in my way.
A crashed freighter lies buried in the sands, its crew picked by vultures, its nightmare cargo a trap for anyone who goes near. It is Tango Victor, the object to be examined at close range.
It was just a medium twin - prop short - haul transport and all it had done was to come down in the desert but the nearest anyone had got to it with a high - altitude camera was sixty - five thousand feet and nobody else had dared to go any closer.
So I wanted to.
Sahara : dawn plus one. A matt black sailplane hovers across the target area. At dawn plus two a matt black parachute floats towards the desert wastes : and the Tango mission begins running. ( ... )
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