by Dan Hampton
First published 2024
Captain Edward "Ski" York faces an impossible choice as his B-25 bomber approaches Japanese airspace in April 1942. While fifteen other Doolittle Raiders prepare to strike Tokyo, York carries different orders entirely. His plane holds the only Soviet Union maps in the squadron, and his flight plans point nowhere near the announced target. York and his co-pilot Lieutenant Bob Emmens must execute a covert operation hidden within America's most daring bombing mission. As they veer away from Tokyo toward the Soviet border, York knows that history will record their actions as cowardice or mechanical failure. The truth about their real objective must remain buried, known only to the two airmen and whoever sent them on this shadow mission. York's choice will determine not just his own fate, but the success of a secret operation that could alter the course of the Pacific war.
Genres: historical-fiction, military-fiction, adventure, action
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Japan, Soviet Union
Period: 1942
320 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press