Aviation Thriller

When a 747 jumbo jet crashes in the back of her parents' sprawling Connecticut estate, the quietness of 16-year-old Heidi Landseth's insulated existence is transformed forever. With both her parents away for the weekend, she alone must make decisions that will affect the lives of hundreds of injured passengers. Her call to 911 gives Patrick Farquhar, a 17-year-old Emergency Medical Technician, the two things he has always wanted - excitement that a small rural community lacks and the opportunity to prove himself as an adult.

ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH... U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, Admiral Johnny Jack McGirt, has never been one to back away from a challenge. Whether hanging his tail over the line flying missions that would give other pilots nightmares, or taking part in covert CIA operations, he’s always ready for the next impossible task. Now in the twilight of his naval career, Admiral McGirt is dispatched to Manila to coordinate the reestablishment of U.S. military bases in the Philippines as a counter to China’s growing military presence in the Pacific. But discussions come to a sudden halt when a ...

He’s tasted the thrill of war in the skies. He can’t stay grounded now. From the award-winning author of the bestselling Journeyman Chronicles of the American Revolution comes Frank A. Mason’s gripping new WWII aviation saga that blends heart-pounding combat with unforgettable characters. Trip Gibson thought he left the war behind in Spain. Now back at Georgia Tech, he’s trying to live a normal life of football games, women, and fast cars…but the headlines from Europe are getting harder to ignore. When the siren call of the skies pulls him in again, Trip risks everything to chase ...

It's June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler.

When a girl is kidnapped, Colt has one path: Get her back. Talia "Colt" Levin never expected a routine flight to turn into a high-stakes rescue mission. But when a scared little girl leaves behind a teddy bear—and her supposed father vanishes without a word—Colt's instincts scream that something is wrong. What starts as a gut feeling quickly escalates into a dangerous game of cat and mouse at a quiet airport, where a group of criminals have far bigger plans than just one kidnapped child. With time running out and no backup in sight, Colt will have to rely on her skills, her wits, and a ...

In the near future, the United States has fought a short, bloody war with China in the Pacific. The fighting is over, but the US Navy maintains a blockade. Some call it the First Sino-American War. Others worry it is the start of World War III. In a prison cell in Beijing, Navy fighter pilot Jack Knapp tells his story about the victory in the Battle of Taiwan and how he ended up in a Chinese show trial, accused of crimes against humanity. With his life in the balance, Jack will have to choose between survival and participating in his captors’ lies.

When an electrical engineer from one of America’s premier tech companies disappears inside the San Francisco International Airport before an overseas flight, air marshal Seth Walker is called in to investigate. With the clock ticking down and questions multiplying at every turn, Walker can’t afford to fail: the lives of all two hundred thousand passengers inside SFO may hang in the balance. As he races through crowded concourses, desperately searching for clues, Walker can sense this is no routine missing-persons case.

A World War II Military Thriller Inspired by True Events of the Winter War In the frozen skies of 1939 Finland, death doesn’t come from above—it hunts in formation. As the Soviet invasion begins, Finnish fighter ace Lieutenant Veikko Niemi takes to the air in his outclassed Fokker D.XXI, battling overwhelming numbers in defense of his homeland. But something is different this time. The Soviet pilots aren't flying blind bombing runs—they’re coordinated, precise, and deadly. Led by the enigmatic Major Grigori Chernyavin, a disgraced stunt pilot returned from Stalin’s purges, the ...

August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve. A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong - with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.

SOMETIMES THE PAST REFUSES TO DIE... U.S. Navy helicopter pilot Bud Lammers was on the fast track to promotion when a botched raid in Vietnam tainted his career and threw his marriage into a tailspin. Now, a decade after the war, he and his men are on the verge of wrapping up a successful peacetime mission, or so they think. Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos have entrenched themselves as President and First Lady of the Philippines. The charismatic couple has vowed to bring peace and prosperity to a country that's labored nearly four hundred years under the yoke of colonial rule. But there’s ...

Hotshot pilot John Hardin has a dark history. He and his beautiful Cherokee girlfriend, Kitty Birdsong, are enjoying life in the Great Smoky Mountains when Nolan Rader, a former BATF agent, emerges from John’s violent past and demands help to save his younger brother, Clint Rader, from the vengeance of the Satan’s Ghosts outlaw motorcycle gang. A warped genius called Brain controls the Satan’s Wraiths, an elite cadre of trained hitters within the worldwide gang, and Brain is privately conducting psychological research on Clint prior to killing him. John must agree to help Nolan Rader ...

As the American military continues its withdrawal from Vietnam, the CIA steps up its covert operations and training of Cambodian troops. New weapons are developed to stop the communists. With its powerful cannons, the Spectre gunship proves to be a deadly force capable of destroying any weapon or vehicle the communists can field and ensures that reinforced bunkers are no longer a safe haven. Realizing the survival of their country will soon be in their hands, ARVN troops attack the NVA and Viet Cong all over South Vietnam with surprisingly good results. It seems there is hope. When ...

Everett Ross often feels like a fish out of water, an ex-Texas Ranger who traded his horse and six-gun for the cockpit of a pursuit aircraft in the British Royal Flying Corps. Through his inimitable West Texas narrative, Ross thrills the reader with a riveting tale of authentic aerial combat in the skies above the stalemated trenches of World War I.

When Jox McNabb is expelled from school he is forced to look to his future. Inspired by the sight of a Hurricane flying over him, he becomes determined to join the RAF. And after basic training, Jox is posted to RAF Montrose with the growing group of other recruits he has met along the way.

You make a mistake in your youth. You think nothing can recover from it. Is grit, persistence and a helping hand enough when others are set on keeping you down? This is the story set in Southern Africa. A reader says of this author. “I’ve read all three of your books. I find the suspense and intrigue perfect. Keep up the good work, can’t wait for #4.”

The Allies and Fighter Command have gone on the offensive. The French town of Dieppe is selected for the first major assault on the European continent. But Jox McNabb and No.111 Squadron start to feel like they are being lured into a trap. And their new leader is acting unpredictably, making them worried that he can't be trusted.

Airplanes can be murder weapons. Passengers who go up alive may come down dead. During the 1920s, there was an enormous prize for the first person to fly from New York to Paris, or Paris to New York. Several pilots perished pursuing it. But the true prize, the one worth millions for years to come, was winning the US Government contract to deliver air mail. Before, during and after Charles Lindbergh’s historic flight, several bodies turn up in Dr. Tabitha’s lab. All are connected in some way to the business of airplanes and the aeronautical industry. Doc and Sarge, with the aid of two ...

A drone attack on a capital city! Two thousand pounds of explosives hurtling towards London! Time is running out! A fast-paced story of adventure, bravery, comradeship, and love. From the author of Don't Call it Murder! The Chance I'll Take, Balloon Fall, and Ghost Truck! Another unusual, short story you won't be able to put down!

"I was quite nervous. My first time. The other chaps were laughing about it, boisterous, trading banter as young men do. Meantime, I waited, imagining the things that could go wrong, going over what was expected of me." Denis Edison is twenty-two years old, a pilot in the Royal Air Force, a combat veteran. He is about to embark on a new adventure into the unknown! Flying Officer Edison will soon encounter the Vampire! An unusual short story from the author of Balloon Fall and Don't Call it Murder!

Summer 1944: Yugoslavia is locked in a war within a war. In addition to fighting the German occupation, warring factions battle each other. Hundreds of Allied airmen have been shot down over this volatile region, among them American lieutenant Bill Bogdonavich. Though grateful to the locals who are risking their lives to shelter and protect him from German troops, Bogdonavich dreams of the impossible: escape.