Penguin, London, 1995, 1^st pr.  ISBN 0-14-023470-5.  Trade paperback, 373 pages.  Unread remaindered copy with a bit of edge and cover wear.  ‘The rebellious child of a repressive father, Freddy is determined to prove herself as skilled a pilot as any man, whatever the cost.  Drawing on deceit, determination and fierce courage, she learns to handle any machine that will take to the air to experience the sheer exhilaration of flight.  But the cost of such an achievement is a blindness to the political horrors taking place around her.  As the men in brown shirts take control of her homeland, Freddy finds herself irresistibly drawn into their company, not out of conviction, but out of the desire to fulfil her ambition.’ (from rear wrap)