Firefox is a thriller novel written by Craig Thomas, published in 1977. It is the novel that brought success to its author largely through the film adaptation of it in 1982 featuring Clint Eastwood who directed, produced, and played Mitchell Gant. It also features a fictional MiG making it a precursor to the techno-thriller novel. The book focuses on a fictional MiG-31 Firefox aircraft developed by the USSR during the Cold War, which includes various advanced capabilities, most notably a form of stealth technology which makes it completely undetectable to radar. It is capable of attaining... speeds of Mach 5 or more, with a range of 3,000 miles or more. Its weapons are controlled by the thought impulses of the pilot, allowing them to be very rapidly aimed and fired. Faced with an aircraft which will give the Soviet Union the ability to completely dominate the skies, the CIA and MI6 launch a mission to steal one of the two Firefox prototype aircraft. The first section of the book details how fighter pilot Mitchell Gant covertly travels to Russia. Gant is ideally trained to steal Firefox, having already trained to fly in captured Russian planes.
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| Author: | Craig Thomas |
| Genre: | Techno-thriller, Fiction |
| Year published: | 1977 |
| Number of editions: | 15 |