Village of Stars
Published on 20. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-1-4472-4366-3 (ISBN)
Description
October 1960.
The Russians are on the move in the Middle East. "Fuse K6!" cracks the order over the intercom of a giant jet bomber.
Squadron Leader John Falkner and his crew whip into action. They arm their awesome cargo, a giant nuclear weapon capable of destroying 40,000 square miles.
Then comes the order to defuse the bomb. The Russians are withdrawing. The proper procedure is followed - several times - but two warning red lights continue to blink. K6 will not defuse, their fuel is low and the bomb is set to automatically detonate at an altitude of 5,000 feet...
David Beaty's Cold War thriller is a classic of its genre.
The Russians are on the move in the Middle East. "Fuse K6!" cracks the order over the intercom of a giant jet bomber.
Squadron Leader John Falkner and his crew whip into action. They arm their awesome cargo, a giant nuclear weapon capable of destroying 40,000 square miles.
Then comes the order to defuse the bomb. The Russians are withdrawing. The proper procedure is followed - several times - but two warning red lights continue to blink. K6 will not defuse, their fuel is low and the bomb is set to automatically detonate at an altitude of 5,000 feet...
David Beaty's Cold War thriller is a classic of its genre.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-4366-3 (9781447243663)
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Person
Arthur David Beaty was a former RAF pilot, novelist and non-fiction writer whose books about flying earned him a worldwide reputation.
Born in Ceylon, Beaty was educated at Kingswood, Bath and Merton College, Oxford, where he edited The Cherwell with Iris Murdoch. He became an RAF pilot during WWII, where he excelled, but gave up a life in the Air Force to write full-time. However, his experiences informed his many novels, thrillers originally written under the pseudonym Paul Stanton. In 1960, Cone of Silence was made into a film starring Peter Cushing and George Sanders, and Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights to Village of Stars, although the film was never made.
In the late 1960's Beaty turned his hand to writing non-fiction: his book about safety and aviation The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents, caused wide controversy on its publication in 1969, but was later accepted and remains very influential.
Born in Ceylon, Beaty was educated at Kingswood, Bath and Merton College, Oxford, where he edited The Cherwell with Iris Murdoch. He became an RAF pilot during WWII, where he excelled, but gave up a life in the Air Force to write full-time. However, his experiences informed his many novels, thrillers originally written under the pseudonym Paul Stanton. In 1960, Cone of Silence was made into a film starring Peter Cushing and George Sanders, and Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights to Village of Stars, although the film was never made.
In the late 1960's Beaty turned his hand to writing non-fiction: his book about safety and aviation The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents, caused wide controversy on its publication in 1969, but was later accepted and remains very influential.