In the sweltering summer of 1914, Gwenna Williams leaves her quiet Welsh village for the electric chaos of London. The moment she steps into the crowd at Hendon aerodrome, watching biplanes claw into the sky, she knows she's found her world. The roar of engines becomes the heartbeat of her new life, and when she meets dashing airman Paul Dampier, his daring and charm sweep her into a romance as breathless as the loops and rolls she watches from the grass below. But as Europe slides toward war and the clouds of conflict gather, Gwenna must choose between the safe life she fled and the dangerous, exhilarating one she's just discovered. Ruck captures perfectly that luminous moment when a young woman first tastes freedom and wants more, more, more.
