vel ci 111 rranklin Allen ARROW FIRE a novel by Frank Allen Leib 'W lire Arrow, a riveting high-tech mill- Ay tarv thriller, is sure to keep you on X. the edge of your seat from the first page to the last. It begins with a terrorist hijacking of sixty-five Navy personnel and dependentson board aWorldAirwaysDC-8 chartered by the Defense Department. The hostageAmericans wait helplessly at a Lib- yan air base while threat of execution in- creases their terror. The president wants the hostages back, and he wants them back safe. The Soviet government isdividedwithmoderateswant- ing to help the U.S. defuse the situation. At Dzerzhinsky Square, KGB hardliners want to seize this opportunity to breakdown Russo-American relations and maybe even cause a change in Soviet leadership with a takeover by the KGB candidate. Operation Fire Arrow will have to be .swift and sure; a .split second, danger- ously complex rescue mission unique in the history ofjoint operations. Operation Fire Arrow: • Navy SEALs will parachute into the reservoir... • Naval gunfire will take out the tanks and antiaircraft... • Carrier-based fighters will estab- lish l(x:al air superiority... • Army airborne forces will secure a defensive perimeter... • The Marine assault forces will land in sufficient strength to... (continued on back flap) FIRE ARROW: ARROW: FIRE A Novel by Franklin Allen Leib * Presidio Fire Arrow is a work offiction. Any resemblance between characters in this novel and persons living or dead, other than historical figures, is coincidental and unintentional. The United States military, naval and air force units are real, and might very likely be the ones called upon to perform the mission described, should it ever be needed. © Copyright 1988 by Franklin Allen Leib Published by Presidio Press 31 Pamaron Way, Novate, CA 94949 All rights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo- copying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to Presidio Press, 31 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leib, Franklin Allen, 1944- Fire arrow : a novel / by Franklin Allen Leib. p. cm. ISBN 0-89141-333-2 I. Title. PS3562.E447F5 1988 813'.54—dc 19 86-12484 GIF ISBN 9-89141-333-2 Printed in the United States ofAmerica This story is dedicated to the memory of Robert Dean Stethem 17 November 1961 - 15June 1985 Navy Diver Brother in Arms Victim ofterrorism.