The organizer calls it the Ultimate Gentleman's Sporting Event: Twelve wealthy men with twelve full-size commercial aircraft, custom built for one purpose - a no-rules competition with a twelve-million-dollar purse. But something dark and deadly is going on with this race and when corporate pilots Rope San Lucas and Billy Marks get too close, they find themselves fighting for their lives in the middle of a bitter rivalry between billionaires, a Central American revolution, and an arms deal that could disrupt the balance of power in the world.What started out as a simple flying job has sucked them into a world of international politics, wealth, power, and jet airplanes, and as they've come closer to the truth, they've been shot at, seduced, imprisoned, and blown out of the sky. And the race hasn't even started yet. Before it's over, San Diego California will face a nuclear threat, and two civilian pilots are the only ones who can do anything about it.