A White Star in a Red Sky

“A riveting tale of determination and courage, A White Star in a Red Sky tells the story of a young American female pilot, who driven by a desire for revenge, flew planes into combat with the Soviet Air Force. Earning the title of ‘Ace,’ Angela Moretti learned that revenge did not ease the pain. By the time that her contribution to the Allied war effort ended, Moretti’s motivation had shifted from a desire for revenge to a determination to protect the innocent. Historical fiction at its best.”

-Mary Kathryn Barbier

In the desperate fighting and brutal conditions on the Russian front during the Second World War two young women flying for their countries will form an unbreakable bond of friendship, forged in the crucible of war.Angela Moretti is a 19-year-old American WAFS ferry pilot, bringing Lend-Lease P-39 Airacobra fighters to Alaska for Soviet pilots to fly into battle. Angela lives with a terrible pain in her soul. Her kid brother has been executed by the Nazi SS. No one understands her thirst for revenge except Katya Leonova, a Ukrainian Red Air Force fighter pilot her own age, whose own family was murdered by the Nazis. Their shared tragedies will bring these two women together in friendship, with a quirk of fate sending them into battle together over Russia. Concealing Angela’s true identity, the women will fight the Nazi invaders over Kursk, the greatest land and air battle in history, and learn through an unexpected ally that forgiveness triumphs over hate and revenge.