Part of Outlander, book 8.5
First published 2012
Roger MacKenzie Wakefield has lived his entire life believing his parents died in World War II. His mother perished in the London Blitz. His father, an RAF pilot, fell in combat. These facts shaped Roger's understanding of his origins and his place in the world. But recent discoveries suggest his father's story contains gaps and contradictions. The official records don't align with family memories. Military documents hint at classified missions and unexplained disappearances. Roger must confront the possibility that everything he believed about his father's death was incomplete or wrong. As he digs deeper into wartime records and family secrets, Roger uncovers a story far more complex than simple combat loss. The truth about his father's final mission reveals not just how he died, but who he really was. This discovery forces Roger to reconsider his own identity and his connection to a family legacy he never fully understood.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-fiction, adventure
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: family-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London, RAF
Period: World War II
67 pages · Kindle Edition · Dell