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aside. Then the revolution occurred. Now there were all these stories about the horrors of living through someone else's revolution. It all came together in my mind as the story of a multinational group of copter pilots caught up in an ugly revolution. Of course, that's all I knew. I never have a plan before I begin a novel.
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1611:Noble House
1579:Adaptations
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1293:Noble House
1271:Noble House
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1075:(1928–1987)
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857:Tom Lochart
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703:Freddy Ayre
697:Noble House
619:Evin Prison
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100:August 2011
1811:Categories
1646:Characters
1511:Asian Saga
1410:References
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1161:fixed wing
1142:stewardess
799:Hakim Khan
679:, meaning
670:safe haven
527:helicopter
479:Ross Perot
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284:Asian Saga
245:Whirlwind
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951:John Ross
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519:North Sea
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339:Hardback
272:Language
1762:The Fly
1603:Tai-Pan
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1341:called
1318:Writing
1289:tai-pan
1168:Turkish
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1563:(1986)
1555:(1981)
1547:(1975)
1544:Shōgun
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1520:Novels
1396:Escape
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1282:Gurkha
1223:SAVAMA
1216:doctor
1148:Gurkha
1101:plots.
1091:agent.
1041:Zataki
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