Strike Force (Patrick McLanahan, Bk 13) Author: Dale Brown
	Book Information Publisher: Harper Book Type: Mass Market Paperback Rating: 12 ISBN-13: 9780061173691 - ISBN-10: 006117369X Publication Date: 5/1/2008 Pages: 576

A new era appears to be dawning in the Middle East. But the free world must be wary of old enemies...

Rebel Iranian General Hesarak al-Kan Buzhazi is launching a coup that could destroy Iran's theocratic regime, and must turn to his old nemesis, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan, for help. On presidential authority, McLanahan sends a new, top-secret fleet of XR-A9 Black Stallion spaceplanes into the fray. The strike force, capable of virtually instantaneous global reach - led by test pilot and astronaut Captain Hunter Noble - could change the course of history in the Middle East for generations to come. But the reactivation of America's first military space station has rekindled fears of a space arms race. And with McLanahan caught in a furious political battle with those secretly working to undermine his military initiative, it falls to Noble and his dedicated space engineers to halt a growing insurgency in Iran that threatens to erupt into a devastating worldwide jihad.