Project Daedalus
by Thomas Hoover (1941–)
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- 8 hours to read
- 23 chapters
- Reading level: 7th grade
"Project Daedalus" by Thomas Hoover is a thriller novel written in the early 1990s. The story centers around retired CIA agent Michael Vance who is approached by an old KGB antagonist, Alex Novosty, and an NSA codebreaker, Eva Borodin. Their disparate problems intertwine in a lethal conspiracy involving a superplane and a secret agreement between Russian military factions and the Yakuza, with the potential to escalate into nuclear disaster. The opening portion introduces a tense world of espionage and high-stakes intrigue. Vance finds himself in Athens, where he meets Novosty, who reveals his entanglement in a large embezzlement scheme that has drawn unwanted attention from the KGB. As the two men converse, tensions rise, and a sudden explosion disrupts their meeting, setting off a series of events that lead to chaos and danger. Vance learns that he must navigate a shadowy web of deceit while trying to reconnect with Eva, amidst escalating tensions that hint at a larger conspiracy at play, making the stakes dangerously high.
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Prologue
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Thursday 8:40 A.M.
_G-load is now eight point five. Pilot must acknowledge for power-up sequence to continue.
The cockpit computer was speaking in a simulated female voice, Russian with the Moscow accent heard on the evening TV newscast Vremya_. The Soviet technicians all called her Petra, after that program's famous co-anchor.
Yuri Andreevich Androv didn't need to be told the force weighing down on him had reached eight and a half times the earth's gravity. The oxygen mask beneath his massive flight helmet was crushed against his nose and the skin seemed to be sliding off his skull, while sweat from his forehead poured into his eyes and his lungs were plastered against his diaphragm.
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This free edition of Project Daedalus by Thomas Hoover comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #34320, released 2010-11-14. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery, Novels.
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