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by Basil SandsIn this podiobook: Karl Alexander had been an adrenaline junky for twenty five years. Whether flying Harriers in the Marines, piloting the shuttle for NASA, or as the chief astronaut for StrataCorp Space Flight he had always found his soul at five g's. But when a series of minor mishaps sends his ship crashing into the desert of an unknown country, Karl finds a new kind of adrenaline rush as he is swept into a raging torrent of potentially world changing events involving spies, insurgents, secret police, and an infamous Saudi millionaire terrorist that threaten to make his next flight, his last.Read what a few of my readers at basilsands.gather.com have said about the text version of this audio podcast. Yes, I am teary eyed! You are good! - Liz Rice-SosneThis story reallly hold your interest like the really good book you don't want to put down. - Nancy C.Wow. Sounds like one of those ripped from the headlines stories. I was instantly caught up in the story. - Barbara BrinkBasil, you are keeping me on the edge of my seat with this story! Every installment seems to have a little twist. - Tom C.Sci-fi is usually very fantastical, but you make this story seem very realistic. Great story. You throw in plot twists at just the right time to keep it interesting. It always takes guts to kill off a main character. - Matthew MillerWow, Basil! You write in such a fashion, it feels like I am there with them! Gosh, I could almost feel the shots as they made contact...I could feel the blast as it happened! The jolt is tremendous as it hit...I could almost feel it! This is truly a well written book! I enjoyed it. Keep up your good work! - Dorothy Keller
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Episode 1 - Karl's Last Flight
29/09/2007
Chapter 1Karl's space craft crashes in a desert after a number of mishaps that started immediately after takeoff. His passenger, a famous action movie star, pukes in his helmet and through his failure to pay attention in training, causes the ships c
Episode 2 - Karl's Last Flight
29/09/2007
Chapter 2Karl is approached by three men who seem to be spies. One is a very oddly mannered, wise cracking Iranian named Kharzai who speaks perfect English with an Indiana accent. The second is a very large, muscular Irishman named Liam who is very
Episode 3 - Karl's Last Flight
29/09/2007
Chapter 3Karl flashes back to 1985. He is a Marine Harrier pilot receiving orders for his first combat mission. He's being sent to retrieve a biological weapon recipe from a Spec Ops team in Burma by landing his Harrier in a very small clearing in
Episode 4 - Karl's Last Flight
29/09/2007
Chapter 5Back to 1985. Karl takes off in his Harrier and finds the landing in a small opening in the tall jungle canopy even trickier than he had anticipated. Once on the ground he is informed that the package has not arrived and it may be twenty
Episode 5 - Karl's Last Flight
29/09/2007
Chapter 6Iran. The three spies formally introduce themselves as Kharzai a US born ethnic Iranian CIA agent, Liam and Irishman in Royal Marines assigned to MI-6, and Gilles a former Legionnaire and the hired gun of the group. They tell Karl that he c
