The Last Boomerang

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It is late 1955. From tumultuous Nicosia, snooping US Navycrews regularly taunt the Soviet giant with their "Boomerang" surveillanceflights north into the "Pond" - the Black Sea. Nasser is in power in Egypt, Israel isindependent, and Great Britainis retrenching her Middle East forces to newly strategicCyprus. There, at the center of waning Britishinfluence, these flights superimpose Cold War tensions on the brittle politicsof the region, while in Washington, they fuel inter-service rivalries and stir up memories and paybacks longoverdue.Against a backdrop of seething Cypriot tensions and growingterrorism, one American crew bravely pursues an important intelligence catch, and their story spins out against the unusual ethical and romantic conflict theirpilot faces as he grapples with the drive to protect his men and, at the sametime, perform his top secret mission. Wewatch the "Beast, " the specialized American surveillance aircraft, take center stage in the lives of its crew in their adventures on a dark nightin a strange part of the world. Cypriot patriots and Cold Warriors, the British and (as thealluring Czech spy-for-hire describes them) the "not so British, " churn towarda showdown engineered by a crafty American intelligence master. Finally, we watch as an American Admiral and a British FieldMarshall - both historical personages - maneuver to insure that greater valuesare preserved as they cope with the fallout from the highly chargedintersection of their national interests.