On Wings of Eagles

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Marcia Hyde, Larry Robinson, Ralph Williams, Joan Tuit, R. Ted Andriese

When two of his American employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: American businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared.

©1983 Ken Follett (P)1984 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"A marvelous, rare, terrific read...as exciting as a novel." ( USA Today)
"Superb....Ken Follett's fans may be reluctant to see him return to fiction." ( The New York Times Book Review)

Amazing story

I remember reading this book when it was first released. It was the first time I heard the name Ross Perot or EDS Systems. I stayed up all night and read it all the way through. Listening to the book, I had a little trouble with some of the Iranian names and finally wrote the key ones down. That could be because I'm a visual learner. After that, the story was as enthralling as I remembered. It is an amazing tale of the president and top management of a US software company who go through commando training (abbreviated training) and travel to Iran to rescue other company executives being held by the iranian government. I mean, how unbelievable is that??? I sure can't imagine that happening today. No matter what you think of Mr. Perot's politics, you have to admire his resolve to take care of his employees. You won't be sorry if you get this book.

great story

read too fast. should be slightly slower as we can easily speed up but can only half the speed, distorting it.

Enjoyable with 0.75 speed

Speed needed to be slowed down, otherwise it is impossible to follow the story. Not sure why they edited 4 different readers together. Story overall interesting, but less heroic than I expected.

Americans to the core

Fantastic book. Need more people in world like Perot. True Christian kept his word always

A fantastic story well told

Lovely and inspiring true story of humanity and US at it best. One of Ken Follets best books