$5.00
1 in stock
| Book Title | Night of the Hawk |
| Series | Patrick McLanahan |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Dale Brown |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam’s Sons |
| Published | 1992 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Hardcover with dust jacket. The jacket shows moderate shelf and handling wear, including rubbing, surface scuffs, scratches, and edge wear. The lower-right corner has heavier rubbing and creasing with a small tear/chip, and there are several areas of surface loss on the lower front near the title lettering. Spine and corner edges show additional wear. Despite these flaws, the jacket remains complete and attractive, with strong blue coloring, metallic-gold lettering, and aircraft artwork. A solid vintage hardcover reading copy with noticeable cosmetic wear. |
| Condition | Good |
In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Lithuania struggles to secure its independence while powerful forces attempt to drag the country back under Russian control. American military personnel become caught in the escalating confrontation.
Patrick McLanahan and his allies are drawn into a dangerous operation involving secret aircraft, advanced military technology, and a rescue mission deep inside hostile territory. As political instability turns toward open warfare, they must rely on unconventional tactics and experimental firepower to prevent a regional crisis from becoming something far worse.
EugeneBookStore Summary
A strong early Dale Brown military technothriller combining post-Cold War politics with secret aircraft, special operations, and high-stakes aerial combat.
Night of the Hawk is especially appealing to readers already following Patrick McLanahan because it continues the storyline established in Flight of the Old Dog. It is also an excellent choice for readers of Tom Clancy and Larry Bond who enjoy detailed military hardware mixed with geopolitical suspense.
Collector Notes
Night of the Hawk is the third Patrick McLanahan novel and a direct sequel to Flight of the Old Dog, an important connection prominently advertised on this edition’s dust jacket. It follows Day of the Cheetah in the broader McLanahan sequence.
This is the 1992 G. P. Putnam’s Sons hardcover edition, ISBN 9780399137396. Early hardcover editions of Dale Brown’s McLanahan novels have good series-completion appeal, particularly among collectors of 1980s and 1990s military technothrillers.
The jacket’s minimalist fighter-aircraft artwork and oversized metallic lettering are characteristic of Brown’s hardcover releases from this period. This copy’s visible jacket wear keeps it from being a higher-grade collectible, but retaining the original dust jacket adds considerably to its desirability compared with jacketless copies.
