Published: Feb. 23, 2011
Words: 155,908 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458108517

Short description

Winds of Fate is a dramatic story of wartime action, romance and adventure in the skies over China, Burma and India during WWII. It also takes the reader into the world of the civilian women pilots of the WAFS and the WASPs. It is a tale of danger, tragedy and love amid the furor of war.

Extended description

Winds of Fate takes place during World War II, but you cannot call it a war story. It is the story of Charlie Cross and his wife Doretta, both civilians but ultimately tied to the military, Charlie as a Service Pilot with Air Transport Command and Doretta as an instructor with the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Charlie flies the Hump from India to China, one of the most dangerous operations in World War II.

According to the author, “The Hump gobbled men and airplanes like a child would eat Christmas candy. This operation is little known and little publicized yet these men managed to bring into China all the supplies that were needed to continue the war against the Japanese. The lessons learned became the basis for the Berlin Airlift and modern day military transport.”

Doretta serves as a WASP, operating against male prejudice, difficult flying conditions and sometimes flying dangerous aircraft. The ladies who took on the duties of a WASP did an amazing job of flying militar.. (Read more) Winds of Fate takes place during World War II, but you cannot call it a war story. It is the story of Charlie Cross and his wife Doretta, both civilians but ultimately tied to the military, Charlie as a Service Pilot with Air Transport Command and Doretta as an instructor with the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Charlie flies the Hump from India to China, one of the most dangerous operations in World War II.

According to the author, “The Hump gobbled men and airplanes like a child would eat Christmas candy. This operation is little known and little publicized yet these men managed to bring into China all the supplies that were needed to continue the war against the Japanese. The lessons learned became the basis for the Berlin Airlift and modern day military transport.”

Doretta serves as a WASP, operating against male prejudice, difficult flying conditions and sometimes flying dangerous aircraft. The ladies who took on the duties of a WASP did an amazing job of flying military airplanes and doing many jobs male pilots did not want to do here in the US.

Winds of Fate is a fast paced well-written novel that everyone will enjoy reading. You do not need to be a fan of aviation or World War II stories to appreciate this book. The reader will be entranced by the action, brought to tears when someone is lost and filled with happiness when true love is found. Anyone who loves a great story will find it difficult to put this book down once you get started.
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Tags

romance, adventure, historical fiction, aviation, wwii, wasps, air transport command

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Review by: Jan Brown on Aug. 29, 2011 :
This is the second book of a series on historical fiction about aviation. I actually liked this one better than the first one, I don't know if its because the writing style improved a bit or if the fact I was familiar with the people in the story and the author did a nice job of reminding you of each one or certain things from the first book without overdoing it. There were things I had never heard about when it came to the era of WWII and the other pilots who were not in the military but what they had contributed to help with the wars going on including women pilots. At the very middle of the story I cried and had no idea about some things brought up at that point which made me cry when I saw another view of how women pilots were treated even by the military. There's a sad twist near the end of the story.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Greta Burroughs on July 21, 2011 :
Winds of Fate continues Charles and Doretta Cross' story that began in DeBurgh's first novel, Riders of the Wind. It takes the reader through the WWII years from the security of the civilian airline to the heroic Hump operation over the Himalayas. It also takes the reader through the world of the WASPs and the lives of the female ferry pilots who flew military airplanes within the United States under the most difficult conditions.
It is a fast paced action/adventure/romance/historical fiction that depicts Charlie as an air transport pilot in China trying to survive one day at a time and Doretta as a WASP flying various types of airplanes facing discrimination and hardships of her own.
Winds of Fate captured my attention with its descriptive details and the entertaining dialouge between the characters. It was almost like I was there. I throughly enjoyed the novel and highly recommend it to other readers.
(reviewed long after purchase)

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