Hell's Angel

Dan Marcosson has spent his life outrunning a violent inheritance. Born in Morocco, cast adrift as a teenager, and hardened by labor, hunger, and brawls across America and Mexico, he discovers a gift that changes his direction: an instinctive talent for flying. From a battered Jenny at a San Diego airfield to the skies of wartime France, Dan earns a reputation as a fearless pilot—but his victories are shadowed by court-martial hearings and a temper he cannot always control.

Years later, Captain Marcosson is sailing through the sunlit waters between Guam and the Philippines, carrying the scars of combat and a record few men can match. His skill is unquestioned; his judgment is not. As he enters the volatile world of American airmen in the Islands, Dan must contend with heat, danger, military discipline, and the fierce impulses that have shaped his life. This fast-moving adventure follows a gifted flyer whose greatest enemy may be the rage within him.