"The Old West collides with World War II."<p></p><br><br><p>In Roy McShane&apos;s second installment of his trilogy, <i>HWELTE</i>, bomber pilot First Lieutenant Chuck Hewitt returns home wounded from Stalingrad, in 1943, to his parent&apos;s ranch at Flagstaff, Arizona. He&apos;s a broken man looking for answers-ultimately finding those answers in the extraordinary history of his white grandfather&apos;s and Navajo grandmother&apos;s struggle to forge a life together against all odds in the 1880s.</p> <br><p>Inspired by his grandparent&apos;s hardships, Chuck decides to get back in the war and transfers into fighters. He eventually winds up in England, in 1944, with the 354th Fighter Group-the first group to fly and fight over Europe in the new, revolutionary P-51 Mustang. Whereupon, after his initial mission escorting B-17s over Germany, Chuck makes a startling discovery about the common denominator fighter pilots and bomber pilots share: They are all condemned men living on death row.</p> <br><br><p>"...McShane&apos;s descriptions of the American West, and the air war in Europe during World War II, are the best I&apos;ve ever read."<br>-<i>San Francisco Bay Guardian</i></p><br><br><p>"The Old West collides with World War II. Strap in and hold on for the ride of your life..."<br>-<i>Los Angeles New Times</i></p> <br><br><p>"...a western, a war story, a flying story and a love story, McShane pulls them all together with exciting realism."<br>-<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i></p><br><br><br><p><i>HWELTE</i> (whell-`tay) n. Navajo: meaning fortress or place of refuge.</p><br><br><br><p>Author&apos;s Websites: www.thaiwave.com/hwelte<br />www.phuketdir.com/hwelte</p>