Scarecrow Quotes

“. In the 19th century, Europe invaded and colonised Africa. In the 21st century, Africa invades and colonises Europe.”
― Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow

“white-hot tailflame blazing from its base like a magnesium flare, leaving an impossibly long smoketrail in its wake. The smoketrail extended, snakelike, a God-sized python, over the distant horizon, streaking away toward the missile’s source, Yemen. And the sound it made. A single, continuous BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! If Schofield’s X-15 was ripping the fabric of the sky, then this baby was shredding it to pieces. The banking X-15 roared round in a giant semi-circle, careering in”
― Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow

“…but leaving the MiGs in the path of the two Phoenix missiles. Boom-boom! The MiGs exploded and the X-15 continued its wide circle until it was back in the trench of the Canal, back on its southeasterly course. However, its wide circle—easily two hundred kilometers wide—had allowed one of the African planes to loose a last-ditch missile, its finest: a single stolen American AIM-120 AMRAAM, the best air-to-air missile in the world.”
― Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow

“Rufus! Bank left!” Schofield yelled, peering up through their canopy. Rufus did so—rolling them on their side just as two Czech L-59s went screaming past them on either side and buried themselves in the sea. And then all of a sudden they hit the confines of the Canal— —and lost the electronic protection of the Prowlers. Schofield’s X-15 blasted down the length of the Suez Canal, flying low, banking around anchored”
― Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow