Code Name: Infamy
by Leland Shanle
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Pub Date Jul 21 2015 | Archive Date Aug 07 2015
Amphorae Publishing Group | Blank Slate Press
Description
A Note From the Publisher
Leland “Chip” Shanle Jr., Lieutenant Commander, USN (Ret.) closed out his Naval Aviation career in 1998 with 600 carrier landings (200 at night) on eleven different carriers. During his career, he flew 16 different naval aircraft in 10 squadrons including the F-4 Phantom II, EA-6B Prowler, and TA-4J Skyhawk. He cruised on the USS Midway, America and Lincoln, and flew 80 missions over the war-torn skies of Bosnia, Somalia, and Iraq. An Airline Transport Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, he has flown numerous civilian aircraft from the Cessna 150 to the Boeing 777-300. His first novel in his World War II Aviator Series, Project 7 Alpha, won the Military Writers Society of America’s (MWSA) Gold Award for Historical Fiction in 2012. He followed that up with Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal, and Endgame in the Pacific. Code Name: Infamy is fourth in the series. In addition to writing articles on aviation, he has been an aviation/military technical adviser on five major motion pictures, including Pearl Harbor, Behind Enemy Lines, The Day After Tomorrow, xXx, and Stealth. Chip, his wife Laura, and their four kids live in St. Louis, and he now flies for American Airlines.
Advance Praise
“The new Tom Clancy ... thrills with a realism and authenticity that only a writer who has ‘been there, done that’ can pen. Riveting. A page turner to the end. Code Name: Infamy is ready for the big screen.” - Forrest Murray, Film Producer
“CNI is the best action novel of the year. Shanle weaves his former Naval Aviator experience onto every page, and puts the reader in the cockpit, in the submarine, and on the field of battle with action that doesn’t let up until the very last page.”
- Captain Dave Kennedy, USN (Ret.), Screenwriter/Producer, Field of Lost Shoes
“As an airline captain and a former check-airman, I was excited to find an aviation novel that is fun to read and technically accurate! A real page turner.” - Mark L Berry, MD80 Captain
Marketing Plan
Code Name: Infamy is a fast-paced, historical techno-thriller that will keep fans of World War II fiction on the edge of their seats. Superbly researched and written with the expertise of a naval fighter pilot and the heart of a family man, Code Name: Infamy will appeal to readers who love action and adventure—and especially to those who have lived under fire and know too well the high cost of war.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781943075003 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
Average rating from 16 members
Featured Reviews
Bruce E, Reviewer
An incredibly fast paced thriller that will keep readers on edge.
Paul F, Reviewer
From the beginning it’s obvious that this is not the first of the series, as the main characters are deposited in this story as though the audience is already familiar with them. In general this didn’t have much of an effect, though at the start it made for a little rough going. . . yet I’m sure fans of the series would be annoyed if there was a bunch of exposition they’d already heard, so it cuts both ways.
This is a story of a crazy Nazi general who can’t accept the failure of WWII and goes to the Japanese to help him get his revenge on the US before Japan goes under as well. The heroes are OSS agents whom, as mentioned above, seem to have been through adventures before, considering their rapport. It’s obvious that the author is a aeronautics buff even before reading his bio-blurb at the end, as we have plenty of fliers here, including early aircraft-carrier-based planes. There’s a new submarine as well, not to mention nukes.
The best parts involved the personal moments of the heroes, from the carrier pilot having doubts about his ability, or will to continue fighting, to one of the OSS officers meeting a prostitute in Chile and instantly falling in love, to their little hot tub party on Iwo Jima. They made up for the awkward feeling at the beginning of how I’m supposed to already know these people. 3.5 rounded up to 4/5
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