With the same daredevil flying action found in Top Gun and the riveting nonstop storytelling that has established James W. Huston's reputation, here is an explosive novel that takes us from the cockpits of carrier-based naval fighters to the inside of the CIA and Mossad, as one man's determination to avenge a wrongful death has the potential to ignite an international war of deceit, murder and retaliation.

Sean Woods and Tony Vialli are F-14 pilots stationed aboard the USS George Washington in the Mediterranean. During a port call in Naples, Vialli falls for a beautiful woman he meets on a train and she lures him out to the country to visit her. Vialli submits false leave papers, swears Woods to secrecy and flies off to see her. His lover's trip becomes a nightmare when he and the woman are attacked in what appears to be a terrorist action.

Enraged at the vicious assault on his friend, and furious at the lack of American response, Woods thinks the United States should retaliate against the man claiming responsibility, who says he is part of a secret society of assassins founded in the eleventh century. Woods wants his country to declare war against the man personally, but his congressman pays no attention.

A group of Israeli Air Force pilots offer Woods the chance to exact his own revenge by flying a section of F-14s with the Israelis — without the US Navy's knowledge. Woods' flight turns into one of the biggest air battles since World War Il. He must fight for his life, then fight to keep what he has done secret from the Navy and the rest of the world — all because of a woman whose identity and motives continue to elude him.

'Reads like a collaboration between Tom Clancy and John Grisham... Huston continues to be a most welcome newcomer to the ranks of thriller scribblers.'