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01/26/2005: "Fiction writing - Ken Follet's Hornet Flight"

I love a story that has technology. It’s even better if the characters are of a time period which is interesting and exciting. When I read Ken Follett’s Hornet Flight, I got all the story I wanted. First of all, this is about espionage during the early part of World War Two and the spies are learning their game, so to speak. I enjoyed the simplicity of the spy game and the clever ways that the espionage efforts were carried out. But even more than that, I enjoyed the portrayal of the Hornet itself. A Hornet, according to the author, was a small personal airplane that could be folded up and stored until it was to be used for fun flights. The adventure of the characters as they try to fly this airplane makes the story for me.