Book description
Summer 1941. The tiny island of Malta, held by the British, has become
the most bombed place on earth. It is a crucial supply point for the
Allies. The Germans and Italians want to destroy it. For the fighter
pilots of the RAF defeat seems almost certain. They are outnumbered in
the air, short of food and drink and weakened by tropical disease. Two
flight commanders, Englishman Kit Curtis and American Ossie Wolf, make
an unlikely alliance. Curtis is idealistic while Wolf, by contrast, is
ruthless, a gifted ace thriving in the chaos of imminent invasion. But
as each man is tested to the limit, they come to share a common purpose
and fresh understanding. The experiences of these pilots and their
comrades are vividly conveyed in a novel of compelling pace and power.
By turns brutal, funny, tragic and heroic, this is a spell-binding
tour-de-force, a brilliant sequel to the bestselling Blue Man Falling.
