Watching aerial combat in the skies above England in the summer of 1940, young Tommy Duncan longs to be part of what he believes will be a grand adventure. He can think of nothing more exciting than flying Spitfires against German fighters and bombers that are crossing the English Channel. Prime Minister Winston Churchill has called the desperate days and weeks England’s “darkest hour” and Tommy is certain he must help.
When a Spitfire crashes near Tommy’s farm, he goes in search of it. His dreams are realized as he also learns of and experiences an earlier dark hour in Britain’s history–that of King Arthur. It is a tale of youth, love, and legend that puts the reader in the cockpit of a wartime Spitfire.
About the Author:
John Strider Nation grew up in the cowboy country of the Red River Valley of southern Oklahoma, watching the cow ponies and windmills of the Old West turn into the pickup trucks and oil derricks of the New West. A natural nomad, Nation has traveled extensively, living for twenty years on a classic 40-foot wooden schooner that he built, and backpacking across Europe and North Africa.
He is the eldest son of award-winning poet, Winona Morris Nation, who almost forgotten now, in the 1950s won many national poetry awards, being published in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and in 1959, winning the National Collegiate Poetry Contest. Nation holds a degree in anthropology and English from the University of Oklahoma, and is a licensed pilot.
