Sky Ship - E-book - ePub

You've seen "Die Hard, " which took place in an office building; "Die Hard Two: Die Harder, " in an airport; "Passenger 57, " starring Wesley Snipes -- a sort of "Die Hard" in an airplane; "Under Siege" starring Steven Seagal aboard a U. S. Navy battleship, a kind of "Die Hard" on a ship; and "Speed" -- "Die Hard" on a bus. Now, "Die Hard" has been re-imagined as an action adventure on the greatest airship ever created: a state-of-the-art, aircraft carrier-sized zeppelin.
The era of the great airship -- when monsters of the sky such as the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg made trans-Atlantic flights -- is re-visited; but this time, the new zeppelin, Sky Ship, is a marvel of ultra-modern technology and luxuries. Sky Ship lifts off on its maiden voyage from its home base in Florida, taking high-rolling passengers on a majestic, low-altitude tour of the South American coast.
Among the travelers is a team of terrorists (masquerading as a mideast international soccer club) led by Col. Abdul Aziz of the militant Republic of Irajh. The Colonel's mission: to take control of the airship and use it to attack a meeting of OPEC with deadly nerve gas. The resulting chaos will leave the world's oil companies in crisis -- a crisis that the Republic of Irajh has positioned itself to take advantage of by hoarding oil for years: Irajh will corner the world market on oil and dominate the tinderbox that is the mideast.