Phantom Fire
Book Details
Author(s)J.R. Keenan
Publisher7 Ages Press LLC
ISBN / ASINB00OT26YQ4
ISBN-13978B00OT26YQ2
Sales Rank468,019
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
"A complicated yet convincing story of good and evil that keeps the preaching to a minimum, the suspense to the extreme....Keenan masterfully keeps the focus on men and women under stress." Kirkus Reviews
Jack Cochran lived a life many envied but few understood. It had begun with tragedy. As a young boy living in the town of Duquesne, in the shadow of Pittsburgh’s giant steel mills, he was forced to kill his drunken father in order to save the life of someone he loved very much – his mother. But he overcame, blessed with three quintessential gifts that would carry him to fame – looks, brains, and superb athletic ability. As the University of Alabama’s star quarterback, he guided the Tide to a Sugar Bowl victory. It was his first taste of the spotlight, and he wanted more. The Vietnam War intervened and Jack “avoided†the draft by joining the U.S. Air Force, where he became an F-4 Phantom fighter pilot. His numerous missions in the flak filled skies over Vietnam earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, and several Air Medals.
After leaving the Air Force, Jack went to New York where an Alabama alumnus hooked him up with an agent. His great singing voice and handsome face soon landed him on Broadway. After a few years in New York an offer came from Hollywood and Jack Cochran was gone forever, replaced by John Coltrane – movie star. But dark and deadly secrets, secrets no man should have to live with, lay buried deep in his psyche, waiting to escape.
He receives unexpected news that would devastate most men. Hidden for years his secrets erupt in a multitude of devastating ways. The two great loves of his life; Doctor Riley Lane and the beautiful actress Mary Malone are both threatened with severe harm by these revelations. Nothing less than Jack’s physical and emotional survival is at stake.
He must now embark on the most dangerous mission of his life. On a cold December morning in 2005, Cochran finds himself facing two of the most dangerous adversaries on the planet. The first is one of the most violent terrorist organizations of all time. The other is a centuries old institution revered worldwide, financed by the billions that it keeps hidden in its own special bank, free from the scrutiny of any government. Jack must now use every bit of cunning, guile, and deception he learned practicing the actor’s craft and intertwine those skills with the tactics and killer instinct of a fighter pilot.
Phantom Fire is a gripping, fact-based thriller, full of intrigue, mystery, murder, and
in the end, great love. The book is a vivid in its fictional treatment of events that all to often play out the real world. Cochran learns in the unexpected outcome of the book that we often fail the most when we have succeeded entirely.
See full Kirkus review at kirkusreviews.com. Search Phantom Fire.
Jack Cochran lived a life many envied but few understood. It had begun with tragedy. As a young boy living in the town of Duquesne, in the shadow of Pittsburgh’s giant steel mills, he was forced to kill his drunken father in order to save the life of someone he loved very much – his mother. But he overcame, blessed with three quintessential gifts that would carry him to fame – looks, brains, and superb athletic ability. As the University of Alabama’s star quarterback, he guided the Tide to a Sugar Bowl victory. It was his first taste of the spotlight, and he wanted more. The Vietnam War intervened and Jack “avoided†the draft by joining the U.S. Air Force, where he became an F-4 Phantom fighter pilot. His numerous missions in the flak filled skies over Vietnam earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, and several Air Medals.
After leaving the Air Force, Jack went to New York where an Alabama alumnus hooked him up with an agent. His great singing voice and handsome face soon landed him on Broadway. After a few years in New York an offer came from Hollywood and Jack Cochran was gone forever, replaced by John Coltrane – movie star. But dark and deadly secrets, secrets no man should have to live with, lay buried deep in his psyche, waiting to escape.
He receives unexpected news that would devastate most men. Hidden for years his secrets erupt in a multitude of devastating ways. The two great loves of his life; Doctor Riley Lane and the beautiful actress Mary Malone are both threatened with severe harm by these revelations. Nothing less than Jack’s physical and emotional survival is at stake.
He must now embark on the most dangerous mission of his life. On a cold December morning in 2005, Cochran finds himself facing two of the most dangerous adversaries on the planet. The first is one of the most violent terrorist organizations of all time. The other is a centuries old institution revered worldwide, financed by the billions that it keeps hidden in its own special bank, free from the scrutiny of any government. Jack must now use every bit of cunning, guile, and deception he learned practicing the actor’s craft and intertwine those skills with the tactics and killer instinct of a fighter pilot.
Phantom Fire is a gripping, fact-based thriller, full of intrigue, mystery, murder, and
in the end, great love. The book is a vivid in its fictional treatment of events that all to often play out the real world. Cochran learns in the unexpected outcome of the book that we often fail the most when we have succeeded entirely.
See full Kirkus review at kirkusreviews.com. Search Phantom Fire.
