Against the Rising Sun
The 1937 air war over China made a hero out of young Leo Burke, but it almost cost him his life. Three years later, Leeas only recourse in escaping mafia boss Victor aBlack Hata Scarletti and crooked FBI agent Arlen Tate is to return to the country where head been grievously injured fighting the Japanese. His mission to train Chinese fighter pilots hand picked by US Army Air Corps legend Claire Lee Chennault inexorably draws Lee back into the conflict he is trying to avoid. Along with long time companion Jack Krackar, WW1 ace and aviation pioneer Mace Lannear, and Chinese martial arts master Kun Bu Kai, Lee Burke will face his greatest challenge in Chinaas perilous skies as well as on the ground.
461 pages
English edition · First published 2004 by America Star Books · ISBN 9781413719956
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