HOPES OF GLORY

An aerial adventure set in WW1, about a friendship between two men that never dies . . . Luke Daniels, a farm boy from Arizona, dreams of glory while working for his father pitching hay and ploughing fields. His one love in the world is flying and the First World War gives him the opportunity to follow his dreams . . . Flying in the early bi-planes made from canvas string and wood is a dangerous business, even more so in aerial combat. So many of his friends disappear in the skies over France that Luke’s hopes of glory shatter like glass that he longs for Beth, his first love, and, the simple friendship of his old friend John.
Luke is good with his fists and even better with the control stick of his Nieuport in his hand, so, when the fight is on, he is ready and willing to take on any challenge, so, when one too many of his comrades die, an all-consuming lust for revenge fills him, throwing him into one last battle against innumerable foes. By himself, one man alone in a sky filled by hostile fire and hostile enemies – his soul thirsts for the blood of those who have caused him so much pain . . .