From the Red Baron to Top Gun - the 20th century was very much the age of the aviator. The introduction of an aerial dimension changed military conflict forever - and restored a kind of knightly grace to the increasingly ugly spectacle of advanced warfare. While faceless constellations of men and machines slammed into each other on the sea and the ground, dogfighters faced off in the skies according to chivalric codes of their own. Marshaling an extraordinary...

"When Navy pilot Ryder Westbrook is shot down, his only thought is making it home to the place he left behind a long time ago. But dreaming about the small town of Eagle's Ridge and going back are two very different things. Upon arrival, Ryder finds himself in the middle of another battlefield an old family feud between the Westbrooks and the Tuckers..."--Page 4 of cover.

"By the New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot, former USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton tells the thrilling story of how fighter pilots have ruled the skies for 100 years, from the Red Baron to today's supersonic jets"-- "By the USAF F-16 legend behind the bestselling memoir Viper Pilot, this is the first comprehensive history of fighter pilots and air combat--a unique, riveting look at the aces of the sky, their machines, their most daring...

The fate of the world hangs in the balance when three military heroes, U.S. Air Force Colonel Bob Cassidy, Japanese Captain Jiro Kimura, and Russian submarine commander Captain Pavel Saratov become locked in a battle over control of oil-rich Siberia.