Westwind (novel)
Westwind is a 1990 novel written by Ian Rankin, and is one of the author's earliest works.
 First edition | |
| Author | Ian Rankin |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Barrie & Jenkins |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7126-3626-9 |
Plot summary
The Zephyr computer system monitors the progress of the United Kingdom's only spy satellite. When this system briefly goes offline, the book's main characters Hepton and Dreyfuss (the sole survivor of a space shuttle crash) have the only key to the enigma that must be solved if both men are to stay alive.[1]
Release details
- 1991, UK, Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd; Large Print Ed edition (September 1991) (ISBN 0708925057, ISBN 978-0-7089-2505-8), Pub date ? hardback (First edition) Hardcover: 480 pages
The book was reissued, with slight modifications, in November 2019.[2]
Footnotes
- "Westwind by Ian Rankin". www.fantasticfiction.com.
- Thorpe, Vanessa (10 November 2019). "Ian Rankin relaunches the novel he once hoped to bury". The Observer. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
gollark: I mean, the NSA does it anyway.
gollark: I really fear for the future of general-purpose computing and privacy.
gollark: The UK has similarly !!FUN!! laws and is to get new ones at some point, too.
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References
- Rankin, Ian (1990). Westwind. Ulverscroft. ISBN 0-7089-2505-7.
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