A decade in the air, mostly in the same bird. He and Tim had flown together since Basic. John felt bad for even thinking the thought. Even Crazy Tim, who’d chipped in from time to time, hadn’t come close. No matter how Connie dug under his skin, he had to admit he couldn’t have pulled it off with a lesser mechanic. Still needed calibration and testing, of course, but all of the chopper’s working pieces were back where they belonged and operational. Two mounting hard points each, they presently held a nineteen-round rocket pod, a 30 mm Vulcan cannon good for punching fist-sized holes in anything less armored than a main battle tank, and two four-racks of tank-killing Hellfire missiles just in case you did run into one.Īnd she was good to go. The squat and wide profile of the main fuselage was augmented by the weapons pylons reaching outward to either side from the midsection’s roof. In the air his baby looked downright terrifying. The Hawk squatted, looking lethal even sitting still.

She’d done good getting them home, and it still pained him that they’d been unable to complete the cosmetic repairs along with the critical ones. The hangar also offered a ceiling-mounted crane that had been essential to the repairs. Covered in desert camo, the towering temporary hangar kept out most of the sand and all of the sun, making the desert midday heat merely intolerable rather than potentially lethal. (May) No star.The Major had made sure they were towed into the one Rubb shelter at the base. The formulaic elements and familiar archetypes only add to the consistently reliable sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that comes with each new installment of this steadily expanding series. Buchman skillfully weaves the pulse-pounding action of aerial firefighting with military intrigue, wrapping it around an emotionally rich romantic core to deliver a satisfying tale. When the two are assigned to help fight a devastating fire overseas, they have to confront their feelings in a life-and-death situation. However, Robin has no room in her life for romance, which threatens to destroy their fledgling relationship. She first clashes with, then falls hard for fellow pilot Mickey Hamilton, who seems her perfect match in every way. She's stunned to discover she's temporarily replacing one of Mount Hood's top people, with much to learn and impossible high expectations. Helicopter pilot Robin Harrow, fresh from her service in the Arizona Army National Guard, sees a season working with the firefighters of Mount Hood Aviation as preferable to waitressing at her mother's truck stop. The rush of adrenaline fans the flames of love in Buchman's fourth Firehawks contemporary romantic thriller, following 2015's Hot Point.

Flash of Fire by M.L. Buchman