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| + | |title = ''Independence Day: War in the Desert'' |
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| + | |author = [[Stephen Molstad]] |
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| + | |publisher = [[HarperCollins]] |
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| + | |released = 1999 |
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| + | |media type = Paperback |
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| + | |pages = 336 |
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| + | |isbn = 0061058297 |
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| + | |preceded by = ''[[Independence Day: Silent Zone]]'' |
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| + | |followed by = ''[[Independence Day: Crucible]]'' |
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| + | ==Publisher's Summary== |
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| − | It is the Fourth of July. Reeling from the enemy onslaught, a few surviving military pilots gather in the Saudi Arabian desert. Two of the best fliers, flight instructors Reg and Faisal, self-appointed leaders of the Saudi Forces, can barely contain their animosity when a message from the Americans forces them to unite. |
+ | ''It is the Fourth of July. Reeling from the enemy onslaught, a few surviving military pilots gather in the Saudi Arabian desert. Two of the best fliers, flight instructors [[Reginald Cummins|Reg]] and [[Ghalil Faisal|Faisal]], self-appointed leaders of the Saudi Forces, can barely contain their animosity when a message from the Americans forces them to unite.'' |
| − | A weak point has been found in the alien "City Destroyers." The air war against them was costly--but it worked!...Or did it? Too late, Reg and Faisal discover their "victory" was an illusion--part of a secret ambush that will open the planet to unimaginable horror, unless these overmatched warriors from several Middle Eastern nations can overcome long-standing hatreds and unite against the aliens in the fiercest hand-to-hand combat of the war. |
+ | ''A weak point has been found in the alien "[[City Destroyers]]." The air war against them was costly--but it worked!...Or did it? Too late, Reg and Faisal discover their "victory" was an illusion--part of a secret ambush that will open the planet to unimaginable horror, unless these overmatched warriors from several Middle Eastern nations can overcome long-standing hatreds and unite against the aliens in the fiercest hand-to-hand combat of the war.'' |
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| − | The novel is set in the Middle East on July 2-6. On the first day, [[Reg |
+ | The novel is set in the Middle East on July 2-6. On the first day, [[Reginald Cummins|Reg Cummins]], a R.A.F. pilot, witnesses the destruction of Jerusalem by a [[City Destroyer]]. |
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| + | |characters= |
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| + | *[[Reginald Cummins]] |
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| + | *[[Thompson]] |
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| + | *[[Ghalil Faisal]] |
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| + | *[[Fadeela Yamani]] |
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| + | *[[Karmal Yamani]] |
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| + | *[[Khalid Yamani]] |
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| + | *[[Miriyam Marx]] |
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| + | *[[Ibrahim al-Saud]] |
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| + | *[[War of 1996]] |
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| + | |locations= |
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| + | *[[Israel]] |
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| + | **[[Jerusalem]] |
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| + | *[[Saudi Arabia]] |
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| + | **[[Mecca]] |
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| + | *[[British Royal Air Force]] |
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| + | *[[Royal Saudi Air Force]] |
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| + | *[[Attacker]] |
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| + | *[[City Destroyer]] |
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| + | *[[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]] |
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| + | *[[Panavia Tornado]] |
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| + | </gallery> |
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Revision as of 01:19, 15 July 2021
Independence Day: War in the Desert is a 1999 novel written by Stephen Molstad. It is a midquel/sequel tie-in to Independence Day. The book was republished in The Complete Independence Day Omnibus in March 2016.
Publisher's Summary
It is the Fourth of July. Reeling from the enemy onslaught, a few surviving military pilots gather in the Saudi Arabian desert. Two of the best fliers, flight instructors Reg and Faisal, self-appointed leaders of the Saudi Forces, can barely contain their animosity when a message from the Americans forces them to unite.
A weak point has been found in the alien "City Destroyers." The air war against them was costly--but it worked!...Or did it? Too late, Reg and Faisal discover their "victory" was an illusion--part of a secret ambush that will open the planet to unimaginable horror, unless these overmatched warriors from several Middle Eastern nations can overcome long-standing hatreds and unite against the aliens in the fiercest hand-to-hand combat of the war.
Plot
The novel is set in the Middle East on July 2-6. On the first day, Reg Cummins, a R.A.F. pilot, witnesses the destruction of Jerusalem by a City Destroyer.
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