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    The Strike
    The Strike
    The Strike
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    The Strike

    By Charles Ynfante

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    In the near future, a fighter jet pilot assigned to protect the President's plane, shoots it down, blaming the President for the a world-wide nuclear war that has killed his parents and bride-to-be. The fighter pilot faces the end of the world alone in a jungle.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Ynfante
    Release dateJan 8, 2023
    ISBN9798215323656
    The Strike
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    Charles Ynfante

    Charles Ynfante acquired a Ph.D. in history from Northern University Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona.  He was a Fellow at the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. He has authored numerous books of fiction. He was a participant in Hollywood motion pictures, television, and theater.

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      The Strike - Charles Ynfante

      The Strike

      Charles Ynfante

      Published by Charles Ynfante, 2023.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      THE STRIKE

      First edition. January 8, 2023.

      Copyright © 2023 Charles Ynfante.

      ISBN: 979-8215323656

      Written by Charles Ynfante.

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      He was by nature a man to smile and to laugh. But just now he was thinking about how to kill himself.

      The remains of his F-97 lay crumpled -—synthetic alloy -—among the foliage in the jungle. 

      Ryker was on his last ration of chocolate, staring blankly at a wide green valley below him. That he had missed landing upon it was inexcusable, considering his training; but that he had survived putting his aircraft down on the outer fringes of a jungle was miraculous.  

      By his reckoning, it had been two hours since crashing; and it was now late morning. The sky was clear and blue, cloudless. The sun serene. No breeze.

      Nevertheless, the black cloud was on the northern horizon. Like the rising of a bad dream, the cloud undulated as if waking. 

      ... coming closer ... 

      He wrapped what was left of the

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