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Wingman Kindle Edition

by Mack Maloney (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The first book in the bestselling, action-packed Wingman Series: With America in ashes, and lawlessness threatening to rule land, air, and sea, one pilot stands poised to pull his nation back from the brink of all-out anarchy
The Big War started in Western Europe with a Soviet nerve gas attack that laid waste to France, Germany, and Spain. The world’s democracies fought back, and pilots like Hawk Hunter led the charge—tearing across the flaming wreckage of the continent at supersonic speeds. They pushed the Russians back and just when victory was in sight, a traitor at the highest level of government turned off America’s missile defense system, and Soviet nukes rained from the sky. Two years after the nuclear holocaust, Hunter gets a message to report to his old commander. America is in pieces: Pirates rule the skies, and an airborne armada is plotting to attack Football City (formerly known as St. Louis). The armada is made up of criminals flying state-of-the-art jets, and even though the government can only offer Hunter his old F-16, he will do whatever it takes to reclaim his ravaged homeland. Wingman is the first book of the Wingman series, which also includes The Circle War and The Lucifer Crusade.
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“The best high-action thriller writer out there today, bar none.” —Jon Land, creator of the Caitlin Strong series “Desperate, raw, 200-proof action . . . Mack Maloney writes it . . . sizzling hot.” —Stephen Coonts, author of the Deep Black series, on Operation Sea Ghost “A thrill ride. You’d better be strapped in.” —David Hagberg, author of the Kirk McGarvey novels, on Operation Sea Ghost

About the Author

Mack Maloney is the author of numerous fiction series, including Wingman, ChopperOps, Starhawk, and Pirate Hunters, as well as UFOs in Wartime: What They Didn’t Want You to Know. A native Bostonian, Maloney received a bachelor of science degree in journalism at Suffolk University and a master of arts degree in film at Emerson College. He is the host of a national radio show, Mack Maloney’s Military X-Files. Visit him on Facebook and at www.mackmaloney.com.         

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D00W95G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (June 18, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 18, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3395 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
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Gregory Weidenfeld
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, imaginative, sexy, with just the right touch of corn.
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2014
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Many years ago, I bought and read the fourth book in this series, not realizing there were three previous volumes. I enjoyed and re-read it several times over the years but never pursued the volumes I had missed. Just recently, I came across my battered copy and read it yet again, enjoying it just as much as the first time. This made me decided to go back and read the volumes I had missed, starting this with this one; the first. Although you could start with any of the books and not be confused, I enjoyed reading the story from the beginning.
In my opinion, some of the aviation and military tech is a little off, but this is fictional and entitled to its artistic license. I enjoyed the story line, and the character introduction is enjoyable. There is plenty of action and surprises. While some parts are predictable, other turns in the tale were totally unexpected. There is a nice blend of sexy bits that add some spice, and just a touch of corn and dry humor in a few of the character names and the stereo types that many are modeled after. Captain "Crunch" O'Malley and Captain "Bull" Dozer are just a few examples.
Reading the first volume was enjoyable enough for me to want to read the entire seventeen volume series. At the time I'm writing this review, I've just completed the fifth book in the continuing story and enjoyed each of the "Wingman" book written by Mack Maloney.
Okay, in some people's opinions the story line can seem militarily and historically hokey, but who says hokey can't be entertaining or enjoyable fiction? I have the next three volumes on the way in the mail and I am looking forward to reading them. Of course it doesn't hurt that the F-16 happens to be one of my favorite US Air Force jets of all time. The red, white, and blue one with the big white "W" on the undercarriage is very appealing to me!
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Michael Hudson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016
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Interesting story and decently well written. My only complaint is that some of the facts about the aircraft are vastly wrong or over exaggerated. It's fiction so maby that's fine for some people but for me it's still fiction in our world. Other than that one thing it's a great book and I'll keep reading the series.
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Thomas J. Mcmullan
5.0 out of 5 stars Wingman soars as an adventure series
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
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This series was a nice summer read. What is interesting is that some series only hint at the circumstances that the USA was defeated. This explained how there was traitors in the government and worked with the Soviet Union to destroy the very idea bof the US.

The novel deals with Hawk "Wingman" Hunter who after WW III and the New Order, the country is divided into like little fiefdoms. He joins some of his ex-air force buddies to defend a little fiefdom which is almost like before the war. He receives the last F-16 and becomes one of the leaders of the United American Resistance, the rest of the air forces are Older jets of the 60's and 70's.

The main villains is the Mid-Aks out of Baltimore and the Family in Chicago, they are constantly invading their neighbors. Where there is a Titanic final battle in St Louis.

The action moves and keeps you all involved and enjoyable book.
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George Pytlik
3.0 out of 5 stars A dichotomy for anyone who knows about planes
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2013
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The Wingman series is an odd group of books. Mack Maloney is no Tom Clancy, but he manages to craft a story that holds some tension throughout despite its weaknesses. There are too few fiction works about aviation, and Maloney keeps the action going in each of his books.

Unfortunately, there's a high price to be paid and that's a complete lack of believability in virtually every area. Anyone who has ever flown a plane, and perhaps even those who have just seen them up close has to set aside every fact about aircraft and flying to even get through these books.

Jet fighters that can fly thousands of miles across the country without refueling. Check. Loading weapons stores on a fighter jet that exceed the weight of the plane. Check. Outrunning mach 4 missiles in a mach 1 jet. Check. Again and again we are asked to suspend every aviation reality just to get through this absurdly impossible account that can't even qualify as sci-fi. Even the silly Iron Eagle movies were more believable than this!

Yet strangely enough, while I cringed from cover to cover, I stayed with the book and went on to the next because the story itself is compelling enough to keep you interested if you are willing to ignore the ridiculous fiction of it all.
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Matthew Toomb
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVED These Books When I Was 12! (And they’re still great!)
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2019
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I felt like the only Hawk Hunter fan in the world, my whole life. I've never ever once talked to someone else who has read them, and I was ok with that. I devoured these books, because I loved jet fighters and I loved adventure, so DAMN if Wingman didn't have it all. Nazis, World War III, Sex, Missiles, everything a growing boy needs.

Now I see they've gone and re-released these classics. I just bought the first two books again and will give them a listen on Monday. At that point, I'll update my review. ;)

UPDATE:

Holy sh!tballs! These abridged Audible versions are so streamlined, it’s like a speedball of nostalgia and patriotism straight to the main vein! The action literally never stops, except when ace/genius fighter pilot Hawk Hunter needs to lay some pipe for America.

For example: “He felt the folded flag once more, kissed it, then placed it in his breast pocket. ‘the bullet that takes me will have to go through you first.’”

AMAZING! They don’t write books like this anymore. If you want to know what it was like to grow up in the 1980s, this book will give you a glimpse into the past. An alternate reality where fighter planes are hot rods and every man has a beer, a bbq, and a broad.

Tquote the great William Farrel, “I feel like a lightning bolt hit the end of my penis.”
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frankybabes
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent read take no notice of detractors this is fiction ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2015
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excellent read take no notice of detractors this is fiction take it with a pinch of salt, excellent series of books
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Jerome P. Yoner
4.0 out of 5 stars Love this book series from Mack Maloney
Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2018
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I love the series, I even have the original paper backs from back when they were originally published, I got the Kindle version because I am getting older and with a Kindle you can make the font bigger...

The only bone I have to pick is that when these books were converted to kindle, NO ONE PROOF READ THEM.
- What I mean by this, is all of the errors - F-l04 used instead of F-104, etc. It would have been nice if someone had proofed every book they converted to kindle to fix all of this stuff. If I am paying 7.99 (CDN) for a book, someone could have at least taken the time to correct the errors from when the book was OCR'd . I will volunteer my time if it helps...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2014
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Brilliantly written but possibly too schoolboy comic for my taste.
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Keith Blakey
5.0 out of 5 stars Wingman great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2014
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That is the first book of Maloney that I have read and shall be looking for more.
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Alain_in_Ottawa
3.0 out of 5 stars Did not complete
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2014
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I did not complete this book.
I was mislead into believing this
book was about planes fighting but
it is more like after an apocalypse
and too much side stories talking
about other stuff than the main story.
90 % of the time I complete all the
books I read. When I have a hard time
finding a book interesting after 25% read
well, it is not worth for me to complete it.
Not my type of books
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