{"product_id":"red-menace-paperback","title":"Red Menace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sadistic KGB assassin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dozen atomic bombs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world can only hope Col. Joel Knight's mission succeeds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDateline: Norton Air Force Base, 14 July 1950-The Soviets protest AF pilot Col. Joel Knight's nomination as the Aviation Attaché to Moscow. Joel faces a demotion or a forced resignation. Major General Garret \"Red\" McNeil offers Joel a temporary 'piece of cake' assignment with the CIA . . . a \"flying job, pure and simple.\"\u003cbr\u003eJoel's mission? Fly undercover to China as a WWII war veteran pilot-for-hire in a converted Navy Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon and extract a defecting Russian atomic scientist. If captured, Knight will be shot as a spy. Meanwhile in the Kremlin, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Beria plots to unleash A-bombs on U.S. and U.N. troops in Korea and blame China.\u003cbr\u003eThe CIA's complicated evacuation plan backfires. A high-stakes getaway-turned-deadly endangers the lives of not one, but six Russian scientists, plus their CIA rescuers. A run-for-their-lives pursuit by the ruthless KGB plunges the fugitives into a nail-biting race against time in the Siberian wilderness. The against-all-odds mission subjects Joel's skills as a leader and a pilot to the ultimate test. If Joel fails-all will die.\u003cbr\u003eKnight joins forces with an unlikely ally-a secretive, Mongolian collective farm commissar. Joel discovers Soviet crews unloading a dozen atomic bombs at Magdagachi Air Base. When Joel steals a lumbering Antonov An-2 biplane and flies toward freedom, stormy skies fill with Russian MiG-9 jet fighters. \u003cbr\u003eThe clock counts down to a shocking climax. Will the three-way one-upmanship between the Soviets, the Mongolians, and the Americans result in a daring escape or death? Will Joel reach General Douglas MacArthur in time to convince the stubborn, five-star general to evacuate before Russian bombers launch their full-scale atomic attacks?\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103160602847,"sku":"9781683550204","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3JKsgFOEYV9781683550204.webp?v=1781090403","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/red-menace-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}