Flight of the Intruder
Written by Stephen Coonts
Narrated by Benjamin L. Darcie
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Hailed as the finest combat aviation novel to emerge from the Vietnam War, Flight of the Intruder spent twenty-eight weeks on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list and became one of the top twenty bestselling first novels of all time. An instant classic, the book was translated into more than twenty languages and made into a major motion picture. Its hero, Jake Grafton, became a household name and the star of many more Coonts’ bestsellers.
Without question, the strength of the book lies in its flying scenes when Jake Grafton straps himself into the cockpit of his A-6 Intruder. Jake’s love of flying is contagious whether you are hearing the book for the first time or listening to it for the third. No one better captures the world of Navy carrier pilots than Stephen Coonts. An Intruder pilot who flew combat missions off the deck of the USS Enterprise in the Vietnam War, Coonts lived the life he writes about, and he puts readers inside the hearts and minds of the pilots to reveal a world unknown to those outside the naval aviators’ fraternity. Few will forget the book’s final gut-wrenching scene when Jake’s once-innocent love of flying gives way to guilt and frustration and the need to give meaning to the deaths of his comrades.
Stephen Coonts
STEPHEN COONTS is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels that have been translated and published around the world. His books include The Disciple, The Assassin, and the Deep Black and Saucers series, among many other bestsellers. A former naval aviator and Vietnam combat veteran, he is a graduate of West Virginia University and the University of Colorado School of Law. He lives in Colorado.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved listening to this audio book, well worth the listening time.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am not a great fan of fiction due to the massaging of reality to spin a yarn. But nevertheless reasonably accurate even if somewhat predictable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was an excellent recounting off a naval warrior
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was great real l ife audio book. Will look out for more books fro author.