| Test Pilot's Daughter: Revenge |  | Author: Steve Ward
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 35,295
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: First
ASIN: B0035WTNSK
Publication Date: January 24, 2010
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Test Pilot’s Daughter: Revenge is the first title in a series featuring a gutsy female genius who fights injustice in a fast paced thriller. Molesters and pedophiles be warned, don’t mess with Christina Matthews!
Review from the Editor’s Desk of Harper Collins: Test Pilot’s Daughter is exciting, original and a real page-turner. It is extremely well plotted. The author’s familiarity with flying lends his action real veracity and texture.
Ranked number 1 out of 8,000 books on Harper Collins’ Authonomy website November, 2009.
Romance, adventure, murder and revenge, Christina Matthews does it all. An obsessed fly-girl with the Right Stuff and True Grit finds love in the oddest place, the cockpit. A beautiful and brainy college girl born with jet-fuel in her blood is haunted by a gripping family tragedy and the violent murder of her best friend. The only thing she truly fears is sleep. Tortured by nightmares, this test pilot’s daughter has to find a way to save her sanity or die. Mike Clark, call-name Lazer and a real Top Gun, looks to be the best kind of therapy.
With dreams of becoming an Astronaut-Commander, Christina struggles through heart-stopping perils in the cockpit and crash-lands on a deserted island. Without hope for rescue, she concocts an oddball plan to return survivors to civilization.
Risking her future at NASA, Christina delivers on a promise to a dying friend and faces her evil nemesis in the sky. Only by overcoming deep-seated fears can she exorcise her ghosts and pursue a lifelong dream of flying in space.
Will true love conquer Christina’s curse, or will she auger in?
Note from the Author: If you enjoy this novel, make sure to check out the sequel, Test Pilot’s Daughter: Dead Reckoning and follow Christina Matthews into space.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After a career in laser science and spacecraft research, Steve Ward spent the last decade writing, editing and flying. He teaches Creative Writing at Brenau University and edits novels freelance. With one book published, Holy Enigma, University Press, he won writing awards from Writer’s Digest and NASA Innovations. Amid many articles published in technical journals, both of his fiction books are adventures in aviation. He lives on Lake Lanier at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
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 Steve Ward Is A Superb Writer May 27, 2010
Alison J. Butler (England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Test Pilot's Daughter.
What a wonderful novel. It has absolutely everything, great plot, prose, characters.
I adore strong female character's and Christina does not disappoint. I stayed up all night reading this, it's a real page turner. Can't wait to read sequel.
If you're looking for something exciting to read, this is the book for you!
Alison Butler
Fast Paced Thriller April 9, 2010
Nichole W. Stone
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The action starts on Page One and runs nonstop to the end. The heroine, Christina Matthews, is the girl we all want to be. Relentless in her pursuit of injustice, she won't stop until the bad buy bites the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Her lover-boy, Lazer, sounds a lot like Chuck Yeager, he don't talk so good but he's a top gun in the cockpit. He puts Christina in the front seat of a T-34 and loops her into love. An unusual setting for a romance but it works. Nice to see a strong woman character who knows how to kick ass and take names. Great book, couldn't put it down.
 Reviewed by Kindleobsessed April 6, 2010
Misty Baker (Texas)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hello All! I know that I promised you this review on Saturday and I failed to deliver, but I got super busy (and by busy I mean I fell asleep on the couch) So, without further ado, here we go.
Before I get started on the quality of the book it's almost expected that I'm going to say something about the cover art. I know I have said this before, and I'm sure by now you want to gag me with a dirty sock, but seriously...for just one second I want you to focus on the cover of "Test Pilot's Daughter: Revenge" and hypothesise on the writing quality. Not so great right? With a less than appealing (and I might add horribly cheesy cover) the first assumption a reader is going to make is on the quality of the book itself. Luckily this book was sent to me by the author, so the cover art was not a factor in the actual purchase of the book, BUT... it is never to late to express the importance of a well put together binding.
Now, on to the more important details...the book as a whole.
"Steve Ward" is a visual genius when it comes to the focus of flight, but it does not save him from an excruciatingly slow start. I was almost lost on this book when, 40% of the way in, the promised "intriguing" plot had yet to emerge. Character development and set up are very important to a novel, but sometimes enough is enough. When an author decides to write a suspense novel it is important to quickly capture the audience, and then weave the building details amongst the main storyline. Now, that is not to say that the suspense was lacking in anyway once it actually got started.
Christine is hard as nails, and more determined than a thirsty man looking for water. Her focus is to get to NASA, but when a girlfriend agrees to marry, a less than sparkly clean psych professor, her focus makes a direct left. Less career path, more staying alive. What was supposed to be a happy little treasure hunt in the islands suddenly turns into the fight of a lifetime, including drug runners and an approaching hurricane. Can Christine make it out alive? Can her friends? And what exactly happened to their pilot?
I was afraid at first that "Ward's" attention to (each and every detail) in the craft of flying would drag the flow down, but quickly realized that even though the book boasted pages of in-flight detail, the way in which it was written gave me the most crystal clear picture of "How To Fly A Plane" I had ever gotten from a book. (I'm pretty sure I could even pull it off at this point.) I also (regrettably so) disliked all of the characters in the first several chapters, but quickly came to admire them for the vast differences, and in the end the suspense and twists won me over.
I do think that "Ward" has some improvements to make in the future if he intends to make a solid name for himself in the literary world, but those "changes" are by no means unattainable. 1. Pay attention to your presentation. 2. Get to the good stuff a little quicker. I will go on record though as saying I genuinely enjoyed this novel, and if you are looking for a quick suspense fix "Test Pilot's Daughter: Revenge" is more than worth the .99 cents.
There were plane crashes, evil stepfathers, shallow graves, dog fights, fake diamonds, buried treasure, a 15 year old boy that would make any Boy Scout leader proud, and the most creative revenge plot I have read in quite some time.
Happy reading my fellow Pilots and remember: always leave your hotel number with a loved one.
 A Feel Good aviation novel March 29, 2010
James P. Morgan (Joliet, IL USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have to admit for $0.99 it sounded like a good book, so I gave it a try. I enjoyed the story and the character development, to me the characters were very believable and like-able. The plot moved quickly and grabbed me and forced me to read into the wee hours. The plot isn't complex, there's no secondary plot to try and confuse you, it's just a good story. This book just keeps you interested, especially if you are a pilot or interested in aviation. This is a good, fun to read novel. I'm looking forward to Steve's follow-up novel to be released soon.
Great read! March 21, 2010
D. Lockwood (Kerrville, TX USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. While it seemed the beginning could have been 'fleshed out' a little more, by the time the group was starting their trip, the story really gelled and was then hard to put down. I look forward to reading more by this author.
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