Overview
They are twelve men who shouldn't be alive. They have survived the sudden blinding sandstorm that crippled their air freighter; survived a desperate crash landing in the Sahara of Central Libya; survived to face the slow, dry, agonizing death of the desert, for no rescue plans will seek their unscheduled flight. Twelve men with one hope: to build a new plane from the wreckage of their Skytruck and make a flight out of hell, two hundred miles to the nearest oasis. Only one man could build such a plane: Stringer, the brilliant and obsessed engineer. Only one man could fly it: Towns, the arrogant and tormented pilot. Both had been aboard the Skytruck, but both are mortal enemies whose consuming hatred for each other is a danger greater than the desert itself. This tale is so riveting it has inspired two major motion pictures--the unforgettable 1965 film starring Jimmy Stewart and the 2004 film starring Dennis Quaid.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780786185078
- ISBN-10: 0786185074
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date: December 2004
- Dimensions: 7.48 x 5.68 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.23 pounds
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