A blazing plane crash. Dangerous secrets. Can one young aviator stop the next world war? Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1995. Trainee pilot Jason Conrad craves a connection with his politician father. Determined to rise above his childhood abandonment issues, he works himself to the bone to outshine his peers at the tough flight school. But tragedy strikes when he loses his closest friend in a fiery aerial accident.Horrified to discover his late pal was selling test answers, Conrad follows a trail of betrayal that exposes a Russian assassination plot with devastating personal consequences. And if he doesn't take the killers down, his next assignment could see him flying headlong into WWIII.Can Conrad prevent a global bloodbath, or will he go down in flames?Surly Bonds is the first book in the high-stakes Jason Conrad military thriller series. If you like international scandals, death-defying maneuvers, and breathtaking twists and turns, then you'll love Michael Byars Lewis' page-turning action-adventure. Buy Surly Bonds to launch into a battle for national security today!