Show Me a Hero

by Alfred Coppel

Major Quary, a combat-assault specialist, is asked to lead a small force to free twelve American hostages being secretly held in Libya

286 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel was an American author. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started his career as a writer. He became one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950s and 1960s, adopting the pseudonyms Robert Cham Gilman and A.C. Marin and writing for a variety of pulp magazines and later "slick" publishers. Though writing in a variety of genres, including action thrillers, he is known for his science fiction stories which comprise both short stories and novels.

Reviews

[Bent Andreassen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 plus. Excellent thriller. Coppel is a very clever author.