How shall we pass our days without laughter? Otherwise, as women of stone shall we roam…” –Wisdom of Rutha, 54:3Early in the morning, the travelers broke camp and descended into the wide valley. The vibrant greens and reds and oranges and yellows of the hills and mountains were more subdued here,...
yelled the balding gunner, but the pilot maintained his steely grip on the controls. There was only one fighter flying away intact from this little game of chicken, and Jacob Mercer would be damned if it were the enemy Corsican’s bird.“Jake, buddy, they’re not pulling away! If we hit them, we’re ...