Brace for Impact (A Zara Sheridan Thriller)

The hijacking of a Boeing 777 triggers an international crisis—and potential world war—in this pulse-pounding thriller from former Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata . . . The hijackers were the last passengers to board the plane. Three men in their twenties with close haircuts, tactical clothing, and small duffel bags. Minutes before takeoff, the plane’s newly minted air marshal—former cop Zara Sheridan on her first assignment—receives a disturbing alert from the regional office. An experimental fighter jet, the Hyperion X, has crashed near her North Carolina home. One of the jet’s senior engineers is onboard Sheridan’s flight, en route to Taiwan to close a multibillion-dollar deal for Blackwood Aerospace. His presence is not a coincidence. But by the time Sheridan realizes who he is—and what’s going to happen—it’s too late . . . The plane is in the air. The hijackers take over. On the ground below, Sheridan’s 12-year-old son discovers the crashed jet fighter near their home. After pulling a weapons control system from the wreckage, a Coast Guard Blackhawk arrives on the scene—only to be fired upon by three armed men who pursue the boy with a drone. Meanwhile, his mother is caught in the middle of a terrifying, active hijacking. The lives of over 300 passengers and 14 crew members are at stake. As tensions rise and the violence escalates, Sheridan uncovers shocking information about the new weapons technology the hijackers are after—and how it could change the course of global events. In the wrong hands, it could trigger a third world war. And she’s the only one who can stop it . . . Gripping, tense, and all-too-possible, Brace for Impact delivers a masterfully crafted scenario ripped from tomorrow’s headlines.