Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran. A British helicopter company--secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong--with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they've built lives in Iran, some even have families. Finnish pilot Erikki Yokkonen has married Azadeh, an Iranian woman of noble birth, whose family is caught up in the political situation exploding ...
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Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran. A British helicopter company--secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong--with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they've built lives in Iran, some even have families. Finnish pilot Erikki Yokkonen has married Azadeh, an Iranian woman of noble birth, whose family is caught up in the political situation exploding around them. Tasked with saving as many of the helicopters as he can and desperate to save his love, Erikki and Azadeh become caught up in the events around them.
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ESCAPE is set in post-Sha Iran, with British, American and one "Fin" helo pilot on the edge, employed by a teetering government which refuses to pay they - or to release them, holding both employees and their high dollar equipment with implied future payment only.
Add to that the marriage between the "Fin" and the beautiful daughter... of a major local power broker. All factions want his services (but, of course, do not want to pay him, so, instead blackmail him by keeping his wife as their "guest." (This includes her father who resents her and sees her as a chess piece, though she inexplicably loves and obeys his every command - and you have the makings of an excellent plot.
After SHOGUN & TAI PAN I consider this the next best of the limited works of Clavel (who, unfortunately, died recently).
Well read on the cassette tapes to which I am listening.
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