Buck Danny Book 4: No-Fly Zone

Buck Danny Book 4: No-Fly Zone by Francis Bergèse, Cinebook.

BUCK DANNY has been popular in France for many years, similar to Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon newspaper strip in that is about an air ace who get involved in adventures of political intrigue. Also like Canyon, rather straight-laced at times and with agendas some might not agree with politically.

In this respect the characters have updated to suit the times in that they respond to what is happening now rather being a period piece akin to when it began. To this end, Buck and his companions are asked by the USA’s Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to look into a suspected drug cartel in a South American country under the pretext of training its air force how to play some new aircraft. Now, we can declare there’s evidence that the USA’s own CIA operatives have been behind far too many of those cocaine deals down the years, instead Bergèse is opting for the current concern that such South American governments are involved in such deals, to both get them elected and keep them in the manner they’ve become accustomed to.

There is a certain soap opera feel as the lead characters and new protagonists go about their affairs, but there’s also a sense of life with interaction to it, one not felt when Buck Danny is stuck in a plane or on a ship. Familiarity with characters also helps, as the story progresses and ends pretty much satisfyingly.

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