With Hostile Intent

Naval aviation thrillers aren't just for guys anymore. I'm a twentysomething woman, and a lot of my favorite books have to do with the men and women who fly high-performance jets off of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. 'With Hostile Intent' is the first book in the Brick Maxwell series. Commander Sam "Brick" Maxwell, USN, is an F/A-18 Hornet pilot who is loathed by his commanding officer "Killer" DeLancey because Brick knows... Read Full Review

Robert Gandt takes us into the bowels of the USS Ronald Reagan where some of the ugliest of battles are played out between the best and worst of fellow Naval Aviators. Killer Delancey typifies the hotshot, blowhard pilot who ruthlessly works the promotion system and dares anyone to stand in his way. Spam Parker is like the unwanted, unsolicited piece of e-mail crammed into your mailbox, only she is the Navy's Poster Girl... Read Full Review

With the ease of a former fighter pilot and the style of a Hemmingway, Gandt takes his readers into the cockpit, across the forbidden land and, yes, even into the bedroom of the brave men and women who patrol the 33rd parallel.The book captures the very soul of aerial combat and is an absorbing read for anyone who treasures the excitement of aviation.

Former US Navy aviator Robert Gandt's first work of fiction is a superb, unpredictable roller-coaster ride through the inner workings of a fighter squadron on the USS Ronald Reagan. Though Gandt has previous writing experience with his five nonfiction books on aviation, he greatly exceeds expectations by his mix of three-dimensional characters in truly intense and unheard of situations. Though the premise of a strike on Iraq... Read Full Review

Wow! After reading all of Gandt's previous non-fiction works, I was pleasantly surprised to see that he was releasing a novel to complement his preceding books.This book is set aboard the United States Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ronald Regan. Tensions are high after an Iraqi Mig-29 is splashed by an F/A-18E Super Hornet while approaching the no-fly zone. The Mig-29 pilot just happens to be the nephew of an infamous tyrannical... Read Full Review