LT. COLONEL TECUMSEH “DOG” BASTIAN
Once one of the county’s elite fighter jocks, now Dog is whipping Dreamland into shape the only what he knows how — with blood, sweat, and tears — and proving that his bite is just as bad as his bark …
CAPTAIN BREANNA BASTIAN STOCKARD
Like father, like daughter, Breanna is brash, quick-witted, and one of the best test pilots at Dreamland. But she wasn’t prepared for the biggest test of her life: a crash that grounded her husband in more ways than one …
MAJOR JEFFREY “ZEN” STOCKARD
A top fighter pilot until a runway crash at Dreamland left him paraplegic. Now, Zen is at the helm of the ambitious Flighthawk program, piloting the hypersonic remote-controlled aircraft from the seat of his wheelchair — and watching what’s left of his marriage crash and burn …
MAJOR MACK “THE KNIFE” SMITH
A top gun with an attitude to match. Knife has a MiG kill in the Gulf War — and won’t let anyone forget it. Though resentful that his campaign to head Dreamland stalled, Knife’s the guy you want on your wing when the bogies start biting …
MAJOR NANCY CHESHIRE
A woman in a man’s world, Cheshire has more than proven herself as the Megafortress’s senior project officer. But when Dog comes to town, Cheshire must stake out her territory once again — or watch the Megafortress project go down in flames …
CAPTAIN DANNY FREAH
Freah made a name for himself by heading a daring rescue of a U-2 pilot in Iraq. Now, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, Freah’s constantly under fire, as commander of the top-secret “Whiplash” rescue and support team — and Dog’s right-hand man …