“One of the best adventure writers around.” - Clive Cussler

Colonel Matt Pontowski and his top- notch wing are thrust into the fiery heart of civil-war-torn China in Richard Herman’s gripping technothriller, Dark Wing .

Now in command of the 303rd Fighter Squadron, Colonel Matt Pontowski, grandson of a former U.S. President, attempts to boost the morale of his pilots who know their killer A-10 Warthog aircraft are due to be phased out.

When trouble erupts in Hong Kong and southern China, his wing volunteers for a dangerous undercover mission against the world’s most feared and volatile super-power. A massacre is looming and millions of innocent people are at risk. Pontowski and his volunteers are now reluctant to withdraw, despite orders, as they initiate their own plans to overthrow the brutal regime that has been gaining power.

Meanwhile back in Washington, National Security Advisor Bill Carroll, Asia specialist Mazie Kamigami and assistant Wentworth Hazelton fight to ensure plans go accordingly. Mazie is stunned when the conflict brings her closer to her estranged father Victor Kamigami and his lover Jin Chu, an ethereal young fortune teller.

The fate of Hong Kong — and the survival of the squadron — depends upon the flying skills of all the ace pilots, including the beautiful Denise ‘Skeeter’ Ashton. Along with the ‘Junkyard Dogs’ they exploit the situation to achieve what they now know has to be done.

Pontowski knows the presence of the pilots is resented and there are those whose cruel ambition will stop at nothing to remove them, when faced with assassination he is not surprised but he never imagines who else is at risk...

Eventually revenge drives him to finish what he started...

Praise for Richard Herman

‘A really fast- moving air force adventure story, with some superb action scenes which glue you to your seat’ - Bookseller

‘This is the sharp end, with vivid descriptions of air combat, the smell of hot oil and fear’ - The Times

‘Gripping story … service politics, aerial combat and sharply drawn characterisation combine to make a first rate action novel’ - Yorkshire Evening Post

‘Truly edge-of-the-seat exciting’- Manchester Guardian

‘full of colour and character’ - Dale Brown, author of Flight of the Old Dog

‘Richard Herman Jnr — himself a former pilot with 200 combat missions under his belt — spins a superb web of tension’ - Oxford Times

Richard Herman retired from the US Air Force in 1983 with the rank of Major after serving for twenty- one years. He has flown over 200 combat missions himself and was stationed in Vietnam, West Germany and Great Britain. He has flown the F-4 and C-130 and received five medals, including the Bronze Star. He and his English-born wife now live in Fair Oaks, California.

Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages413 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100671873067
• ISBN139780671873066