So it had been a while since I read a nice fighter jet story that I liked so when this came up through my searching I picked it right away.  The author of the story is a retired Air Force pilot with 20+ years of flying A-10′s and F-16 Vipers.  So needless to say he draws a lot of real life experience and knowledge into this book, which makes it awesome to read.

The basis of the story here is that Colin Pearce is a retired Air Force F-16 pilot who now spends his days flying charters on Gulfstream’s and has a pretty solitude life.  He is then approached by a company that is hiring retired F-16 pilots to fly for a mercenary for hire air-strike team.  At the same time he is approached by this new employer the CIA approaches him to take the job and help out the USA find out who stole 8 F-16 jets from the bone yard in AZ and is planning a big strike in the near future.  Colin takes the job and has a hell of a 30 day ride while he tries to save the world from WW-III.

This was a great book and a whole lot of fun to read.  In the last 30 percent or so of the book I couldn’t put it down and wanted to keep reading.  The author does a great job on character development and its fun to get an insight into the world of flying from someone who has actually been there.  I highly recommend this book as this is probably my favorite flying book after HAWX that I read a long time ago!

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