Mike Downs

Novac's Run Mike Downs

Publisher Marketing: After displaying his talent beating the best of the Ferrari Alfas at Monza, Mercedes wants him to test for them. Jack drives the fabulous W25 Grand Prix car at the Nurburgring. He runs the car hard, never putting a wheel wrong. Mercedes team manager, Neubauer, impressed by Jack's speed and car control, notes that Novac makes going fast look easy. While in Stuttgart visiting the Mercedes factory, Jack meets Maddy Rosen, a sports journalist. She soon captivates Jack's very soul. Novac begins to question his self-centered, nothing else matters, win at any cost way of life. Hitler's policies eat into his consciousness. His mentor is murdered in The Night of the Long Knives massacre. The Mercedes drive is the greatest prize he has ever sought. He must have it whatever the cost. The French Grand Prix is Jack's debut as a Mercedes driver. Novac arrives to find the Gestapo waiting to arrest him. The fanatical Nazi, Count Von Steuben, wants Novac dead. Bill Robbins springs Jack from the Prinz Albert Strasse torture chamber. Now Jack annd Maddy must run for their lives. They race across Europe trying to stay one step ahead of the mad man. In the middle of the Atlantic on Cunard's ship, the Magic Stick, it all comes down to a fierce last man standing duel. Contributor Bio:  Downs, Mike Downs is a graduate of the U. S. Air Force Academy. He flew fighter aircraft for seven years before taking a job as an airline pilot.