The Resource Westwind, Ian Rankin
Westwind, Ian Rankin
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Resource Information
The item Westwind, Ian Rankin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism. Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is caught in the middle. Across the pond, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on board: A British citizen named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, at English ground control headquarters, Martin Hepton watches with dismay as they lose contact with the most advanced satellite in Europe. When a colleague who suspects something strange disappears, Hepton realizes there is much more at stake than anyone knows--and many more people on his trail than he can possibly evade"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- xv, 253 pages
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd." -- Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780316497923
- Label
- Westwind
- Title
- Westwind
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian Rankin
- Title variation
- West wind
- Subject
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- Artificial satellites -- Fiction
- Conspiracies -- Fiction
- trueGreat Britain
- Great Britain -- Relations -- United States
- Great Britain, MI5 -- Fiction
- Great Britain, MI6 -- Fiction
- trueIntelligence service
- trueInternational intrigue
- trueIsolationism
- Journalists -- Fiction
- Military surveillance -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Remote-sensing images -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSpace shuttle accidents
- trueSpace surveillance
- Space surveillance -- Fiction
- Spy fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Fiction
- trueArtificial satellites
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism. Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is caught in the middle. Across the pond, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on board: A British citizen named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, at English ground control headquarters, Martin Hepton watches with dismay as they lose contact with the most advanced satellite in Europe. When a colleague who suspects something strange disappears, Hepton realizes there is much more at stake than anyone knows--and many more people on his trail than he can possibly evade"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10872589
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rankin, Ian
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6068.A57
- LC item number
- W47 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- United States
- Secrecy
- Artificial satellites
- Conspiracies
- Missing persons
- Journalists
- Remote-sensing images
- Military surveillance
- Space surveillance
- Label
- Westwind, Ian Rankin
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd." -- Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- xv, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316497923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1114792661
- Label
- Westwind, Ian Rankin
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd." -- Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- xv, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316497923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1114792661
Subject
- Artificial satellites -- Fiction
- Conspiracies -- Fiction
- trueGreat Britain
- Great Britain -- Relations -- United States
- Great Britain, MI5 -- Fiction
- Great Britain, MI6 -- Fiction
- trueIntelligence service
- trueInternational intrigue
- trueIsolationism
- Journalists -- Fiction
- Military surveillance -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Remote-sensing images -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSpace shuttle accidents
- trueSpace surveillance
- Space surveillance -- Fiction
- Spy fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Fiction
- trueArtificial satellites
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