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| Book Title | Fire Storm |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Robert L. Duncan |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Published | 1979 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Vintage mass-market paperback with moderate overall reading and shelf wear. The front cover shows rubbing, surface scuffing, edge wear, and several creases, particularly along the spine edge and lower corners. Corners are softened and worn, with some small chips and abrasions around the perimeter. Despite the wear, the dramatic illustrated cover remains colorful and fully readable. A solid, complete-looking reading copy with attractive vintage thriller artwork. |
| Condition | Good |
Robert L. Duncan’s Fire Storm is a fast-moving international thriller centered on one man’s dangerous struggle against a powerful multinational conspiracy.
What begins as a threat that might be contained quickly expands into a far-reaching web of intrigue, placing the protagonist against adversaries with money, influence, and the ability to operate across international boundaries. Forced into a fight in which trusting the wrong person can be fatal, he must uncover the conspiracy while staying alive long enough to stop it.
Mixing espionage, romance, international intrigue, and action, Fire Storm delivers the kind of globe-spanning conspiracy adventure that became a hallmark of late-1970s paperback thrillers.
EugeneBookStore Summary
A great choice for readers who enjoy old-school international thrillers filled with conspiracies, danger, romance, and action. Fire Storm has the unmistakable feel of the late-1970s thriller boom, complete with a wonderfully dramatic painted Ballantine cover featuring armed agents, a beautiful woman, speedboats, explosions, and international intrigue.
It is also an appealing title for collectors building a shelf of vintage paperback espionage and adventure novels.
Collector Notes
This Ballantine paperback has particularly strong period appeal because of its classic illustrated thriller cover. The artwork captures the era beautifully, with the hero, romantic interest, armed adversaries, boats, and explosive action arranged almost like a movie poster. Robert L. Duncan is considerably less collected today than major thriller writers of the period, so Fire Storm is more of an interesting vintage paperback find than a high-dollar collectible. Its strongest appeal is likely to readers and collectors of forgotten 1970s thrillers, vintage cover art, espionage fiction, and Ballantine paperbacks.
