The God of War

Not only is this book informative, thought provoking but it is exciting page to page...I could not put the book down and was wanting more after I read the ending!!! A movie would be nice!

Chris Stewart knows of what he writes and he does it very well. A former B-1 pilot, he has written four previous novels in which his beloved B-1 plays a prominent part from time to time. In this one, he has moved into the realm of the fighter plane and what a plane he has developed. The Ares is the F-22 Raptor on steroids. Named for the Greek god of war, the United States has decided to unveil the jet at the Paris Air Show with the President of the US on hand. The purpose of such a public performance is to put our enemies, especially the Chinese, on notice that the US is still a super power to be reckoned with and that with this new aircraft any thoughts they might have of moving in on Taiwan should be put on permanent hold, if not abandoned. As a plan, it sounds like a winner. In the execution however, things become SNAFU times ten. The Ares is highjacked during the show. By whom and for what purpose I would rather let you find out by reading the novel. Needless to say, this plane on the loose with it's offensive capabilities to do damage, including the delivery of a nuclear device, has the rest of the world scrambling to recover or destroy the aircraft. Col. "Jesse" James, the chief pilot in the Ares program is given the task of leading the effort. David Hagberg, a noted author of this type of book himself, states on the jacket cover that "Stewart is to advanced military aircraft as Clancy is to submarines." I couldn't have said it better myself.