Successful commercial pilot, Kirsten Davies has just fulfilled a lifelong dream of flying a World-War II P51D 'Mustang' fighter. Sadly her perfect week flying from an Arizona Desert Airfield is cut short by a freak accident which leaves her convalescing in California. After returning home to the East of England and with time on her hands as she waits to start flying again; Kirsten occupies herself with a search for answers to some of the many questions which have emerged since the death of her mother when she was just a child.
Her research and enquiries lead her in many directions as the story falls back into the dark days of World War II and the bloody air war over occupied Europe... but, with the help of her pilot friend Ven Carlson, who has been unwittingly drawn into the mystery, she starts to gradually assemble all the pieces of the puzzle and eventually uncovers the shocking truth!
