Pegasus Down

By Philip Donlay

A globe-skipping race to prevent World War III

A CIA-operated jet on a clandestine mission disappears in Eastern Europe. No mayday, no wreckage, and no known survivors. No way to know if the top-secret extraction of a key American scientist from Slovakia, or his liberator, Dr. Lauren McKenna, code name Pegasus, are dead or alive.

Donovan Nash's precarious world is rocked when word reaches him that his wife, Lauren, is missing in Eastern Europe. Using his millions, and fueled by the fear of losing his wife, Donovan and company cut a swath through Austria and Hungary. Desperate, Donovan leverages his lifelong secret to enlist an unlikely ally one of his oldest friends who may very well want him dead. As Donovan closes in on the truth, another, and more deadly, reality is revealed. A ruthless terrorist group has acquired a stealth aircraft with the ability to deliver a nuclear device. They are poised to strike but where? What started as a rescue turns into a full-throttle aerial chase. Will Donovan be able to rescue his wife, as well as prevent a nuclear catastrophe?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
• Release date: Mar 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781608091706

Philip Donlay

As a young man in Kansas, Philip Donlay’s life was shaped by two distinct events. At the age of seventeen he earned his pilot’s license, and at eighteen was published in a national aviation magazine. The combination of these two passions, flying and writing, has led to successful careers as both a professional pilot and a novelist. Donlay has been a flight instructor, flown a private jet for a Saudi prince, and for twenty-eight years flew a corporate jet for a Fortune 500 company. His travels have taken him to over forty countries on five continents. Donlay divides his time between Minneapolis and the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of three novels: Category Five, Code Black, and Zero Separation.

Reviews for Pegasus Down

[welsh_eileen2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A CIA plane disappears in Eastern Europe.
No one knows if it was brought down deliberately, but Donovan Nash's attempt to find the truth centres on his estranged wife, Lauren, also known as Pegasus by C I A, who was on the plane.
A fast moving gripping story which kept me on the edge of my seat.
A great read!
I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Ocean View Publications via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.