Growing up overseas during the Vietnam War, the son of a U.S. government pilot learns to fly at an early age, racking up flight hours in his father’s aviation company before he’s even out of his teens. In college, he falls in love with a brilliant Iranian woman—an encounter that unknowingly prepares him for a mission that will change his life. After joining the U.S. Air Force, he quickly discovers that military aviation is a world apart from civilian flying. His unique blend of language skills and flying expertise catches the attention of intelligence officials, who select him for a top-secret mission: to extract a defecting nuclear scientist from deep inside hostile territory. But the mission goes catastrophically wrong. Based on historically accurate events, this fast-paced thriller offers a gripping look into covert operations and military aviation, full of twists and turns that will keep readers guessing until the very end.