REVIEWS OF A WHITE STAR IN A RED SKY

I’m a pushover for good historical fiction, but by “good” I mean the history AND the fiction are well-executed. A failure in one aspect can ruin all the hard work in the other. Chris Berman’s “A White Star in a Red Sky” checks all the important boxes and fires on all 12 cylinders of the Allison engine in Angela Moretti’s too infrequently featured Bell P-39 Airacobra.  (Check the box for cool and frequently neglected aircraft realistically described). And Angela is not only likable and admirable, and with well-defined motivations, Chris Berman creates just about the only believable scenario in which a strong-willed female American pilot could fly in desperate combat during one of the biggest, fiercest, and most pivotal battles in human history.  Check the all-important “yeah, I can see that happening” box.  Finally, I cared what happened to Angela and those around her. I even cared what happened to her plane.  ‘Check’ the biggest box of all.

Taylor Anderson , bestselling NY Times Author of The Destroyermen

 

A masterfully researched and cleverly devised plot makes Chris Berman’s White Star in a Red Sky a book you will read in one sitting. If nonstop action, deep human emotion, conflict, and resolution are what you seek, you are reading the right book. 

Tom Gauthier: Readers' Favorite Book Review

 

 In A White Star in a Red Sky, Chris Berman delivers constant thrills with an American female pilot who sets out to avenge her brother's death at the hands of the Nazis and finds so much more. Fans of World War II and aviation will enjoy this work of historical fiction.

Karen Bush Gibson, author of Women Aviators: 23 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys

 

"A vividly written, well-researched novel about an aerial combat arena in WWII that few westerners are familiar with. The protagonist, an American woman, flies and fights for the Soviet Union. Read on to experience a unique take on war in the air with an unlikely hero in an unsung aircraft."

Ed Cobleigh, Fighter pilot and best-selling author of War for the Hell of It 

 

“Two female fighter pilots unite in gripping WWII tale.”

 Lee Scott- Florida Times-Union /USA TODAY