1928. The sky belongs to men, until Jane Alton steals a plane. When her beloved Ned Knight is knocked out of the big air derby by a rival's dirty trick, Jane doesn't weep. She grabs her mechanic Benny's flying jacket, climbs into their plane the Alton, and takes to the skies herself. The boys in the hangar laugh. The competition sneers. But Jane has got a pilot's instincts, a stubborn heart, and something to prove. This is pulp adventure at its breathless best: daring rescues, suspicious accidents, romance that survives sabotage, and one woman who refuses to stay on the ground. The flying sequences crackle with early aviation danger, wooden propellers, open cockpits, the thrill of altitude. For readers who love swashbuckling adventure, early twentieth-century atmosphere, and heroines who outfly the boys.
