Burton of the Flying Corps

Summer, 1917. A young pilot named Ted Burton lands his hydro-aeroplane on a remote creek in the marshlands bordering the River Swale, stepping into a world of fog, isolation, and deadly secrets. His friend Dr. Bertram Micklewright has developed a powerful new explosive, and enemy agents are circling. What begins as a routine delivery of picric acid quickly spirals into something far more dangerous: Burton arrives to find his friend attacked, the laboratory compromised, and foreign adversaries closing in on a formula that could turn the tide of war. Between the lonely marshes and the skies above, Burton must outfly pursuers, outthink spies, and protect a secret that lives in glass jars and the minds of men who would kill for it. This is WWI aviation fiction at its pulp-era best: propellers and peril, loyalty and betrayal, with the fate of nations hanging on one young airman's nerve.