Publisher's Synopsis
It is 1971 and US Navy Lieutenant Jon Zachery is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Solomons, flying combat missions over Vietnam. Now as he departs on one last hop over North Vietnam with his flight lead, RT, Zachery is looking forward to returning home to his pregnant wife, Teresa, and their two children. Unfortunately instead of the milk run expected, all hell breaks loose. As SAMs are fired at Zachery and two other squadron planes, the threat warning systems in Zachery's plane remain silent. Although Zachery and RT survive, two other pilots are shot down and presumed KIA. After it is discovered the warning systems were sabotaged, two of Zachery's friends discover the identity of the saboteur, kill him, and dump his body over the side of the carrier. When Zachery learns of the violent act, he faces a monumental moral dilemma: rat out his friends or consider justice has been served? As he grapples to resolve the moral puzzle, the squadron learns they must return to Vietnam in six months where more ethical quandaries await. In this military thriller set in Vietnam, Lieutenant Jon Zachary must determine the right thing to do after two US Navy pilots are shot down and his friends exact revenge.
