Above the Fray, a Novel of the Union Balloon Corps, Part One
by Kris Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 112300 words.
Published on November 10, 2009. .
At the start of the Civil War, Nathaniel Curry is a fifteen-year-old telegraph operator in Richmond. He travels to Washington to see a balloon demonstration and finds himself accidentally assisting in directing artillery fire on a Confederate emplacement - the first use of an aircraft in warfare. A pariah back in Virginia, Nathaniel joins the Union Balloon Corps, the world's first air force.