The experiences of a captain flying, from 1976 to 1979, for a charter company indirectly owned by the Shah of Iran.

Wing Commander Bill Harsker is sent by the Air Ministry to the British Protectorate of Iraq. Ordered by the League of Nations to keep the peace, he has just a handful of aeroplanes to control the skies over Mesopotamia. Attacked by rebellious Kurds and then an invading Turkish army, the Royal Air Force is hard pressed to keep the peace. When an old nemesis from Bill's past emerges, he finds himself fighting for not only peace but his life. Based on true events this is a fast-moving novel about the early days of the Royal Air Force.

#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . . When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. . . .

Wealthy astronomer Roger Stone makes an astounding discovery that puts time travel within his reach. He shares his secret with his friends Ken, Nick, and Dave. He then startles them by proposing to finance a trip for the three of them through time back to the fifth century BC. Their initial reaction is outright refusal. Ken West is a scholar and a university professor of Latin and Ancient Greek. He is also an insecure lovelorn man who desperately wants a woman’s love but hasn’t found one to share his life. Nick Napoli is a handsome electronic genius who flits from woman to woman leaving a trail of broken hearts behind him. In reality he is a lonely man who craves adventure. David Braun is a highly successful businessman with the Midas touch. Married twice, he loses both wives to tragic deaths. The loss of two women leaves him a shattered man, fearful of making another marital commitment. After much soul searching and discussions among themselves the three men agree to start preparations for the trip. Then a mysterious occurrence decides the issue and they journey to fifth century BC Greece where they live out the rest of their lives.

ON WINGS OF A LION is a whirlwind of international intrigue and passion set in the last days of the Shah of Iran's reign. In September 1978, daredevil film director Kathryn Whitney, having lost everything meaningful in her life, comes to Iran to shoot a Boeing Super Bowl commercial. Her goal-to save her damaged Hollywood career. She arrives in a country exploding with revolution, where survival demands courage.At the Bank of Teheran, arranging for film financing, Kathryn is drawn to a display case housing the Persian Glories, a priceless collection of canary diamond jewelry with a powerful legacy, owned by Sir Anthony Evans. A woman in black, Rena Ajani, stares into the case then rushes past Kathryn who has no idea how this woman or her son Mirdad and these legendary jewels will endanger her life.In Shiraz Kathryn meets Anthony Evans, world-renowned photographer and world-class playboy. He is hired to shoot the Boeing commercial stills. Talent aside, he is the type of man she can't stand. While working closely together, however, an attraction bonds Kathryn and Anthony. Anthony is not what he seems. He is torn between his Persian and British heritage. Anthony's own parents' unsolved murder haunts him. With the encroaching power of Iranian terrorism, Anthony risks his life saving innocent Persian families from brutal Black Glove terrorists, a covert splinter group of SAVAK, Iran's secret police. When a frightening encounter with the Black Glove endangers Kathryn's loyal film crew, she goes from terror to fury. She makes a courageous decision that threatens her shoot, her livelihood, and her life.

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