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>> Search and Rescue Melissa Crandell Summary from Backcover: WHEN TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO STORMS, SURVIVAL BECOMES A LEAP OF FAITH ... The thunder rolls over the desert in New Mexico, and Sam Beckett leaps into a man named Philip Payne, a doctor involved in the search for a plane that went down in the wilds of British Columbia. The lightning flashes - and Project Observer Al Calavicci also leaps, into a passenger on the plane. Now Sam must race against time and the forces of nature for the sake of father and daughter at bitter odds - and for the life of his friend. ISBN: #0-7552-0800-4 (UK) Copyright: 1994 by MCA Publishing Rights Printing History: First published in the UK in 1994 by Boxtree Limited Pages: 278 Cover Art: Colin Howard Excerpt: People screamed all around him in panic and fear. Acrid smoke tainted the air, bringing tears to his eyes. He tried to stand and realized he was belted into a seat. His fingers clawed at the restraint, frenziedly seeking release. The unexpected touch of a human hand on his nearly made Al jump out of his skin. His head snapped to the right, toward the face of the pale, dark-haired girl seated beside him. She smiled bleakly, her eyes dark smudge in the poor lightning. Her fingers burrowed between his and she squeezed his hand hard enough to hurt. "What a way to go, huh, Gordon?" she asked, her voice tight with tears. Al's eyes tracked past her to the window on her right. They were in an airplane and it was going down fast. If the trees rising rapidly from below were any indication, they were in for something markedly less than a soft, three point landing. He clenched his fingers hard around hers and shut his eyes tightly against the impending crash. "Oh, boy." |