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Hellfire
by Keith Douglass
ISBN: 0515133485
ISBN-13: 9780515133486
Format: Paperback
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"Fasten your seatbelt! 'Carrier' is a stimulating, fast-paced novel brimming with action and high drama." -- Joe Weber
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published date: 2002
Size: 4 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.3 pounds
Pages: 272
Publisher's Notes
When a top-secret missile defense system accidentally targets a Russian task force, the Russians retaliate, and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen must defend themselves without allowing the situation to escalate into all-out warfare. Original.
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Hellfire (Carrier Book Twenty)
Douglass, Keith
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Jove Books. 2002. First Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail. ( more information)
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