title: Whirlwind: The sixth novel of the Asian Saga
author: James CLAVELL
description: Whirlwind is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters. Two of them, both Europeans, have Iranian wives whom they love beyond safety and politics.
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  James Clavell - Whirlwind
  
  
  The fifth novel in the Asian Saga that so far consists of:
  
  
  A.D. 1600.....................Shogun
  
  
  A.D. 1841.....................Tai-Pan
  
  
  A.D. 1945.................... King Rat
  
  
  A.D. 1963.....................Noble House
  
  
  A.D. 1979.....................Whirlwind
  
  
  Copyright ~ 1986 by James and April Clavell
  
  
  This adventure story is set in revolutionary Iran, between February 9 and
  March 4, 1979, long before the hostage crisis began. I've tried to make it
  seem as real as possible but it is fiction, with imaginary characters and many
  imaginary places. No reference to any living person or company that was or is
  part of the era is intended. Of course, the shadows of the opposing giants,
  HIH Shah Mohammed Pahlavi (and his father Reza Shah) and Imam Khomeini, that
  are cast upon my imaginary characters are a vital part of this story, thoug