Disclosure: I dislike books that rely on dreams to get a point across. Also books that rely on coincidences to move the plot along. This had both, in spades. It also had a lot of uninteresting -- to me -- details about flying during WWII. The supernatural aspect was confusing and the ghost's purpose seemed really silly in the end. I did finish it, mainly because the writing was fine and I enjoyed the non-flying personal parts with the mother and son. The author mixes timelines (or maybe not) that muddied the whole story line. Too long at 300 pages, although skimming past the flying stuff helped speed up the read.
From the back cover:
"IN THE SAVAGE SKIES OF WORLD WAR TWO, A CRACK FLYING ACE DIED IN BLAZING AGONY. NOW, AFTER 40 YEARS, HE HAS RETURNED.
A shattering personal tragedy transforms British attorney Ian Lamont's idyllic life into an unceasing nightmare. But the dark visions of devastation and suffering that haunt the part-time pilot seem to emanate from a bizarre, unexpected source. A tortured cry from the errant soul of an aviator shot down a generation earlier over war-torn Europe - Ian's late father, Peter Lamont.
Led by the grim spectre of a shadowy past......"
10/18/17 update -This book is still at the Library where I donated it over 4 years ago, and it was on my PBS bookshelf for 6 years before that. It couldn't be THAT bad.
"IN THE SAVAGE SKIES OF WORLD WAR TWO, A CRACK FLYING ACE DIED IN BLAZING AGONY. NOW, AFTER 40 YEARS, HE HAS RETURNED.
A shattering personal tragedy transforms British attorney Ian Lamont's idyllic life into an unceasing nightmare. But the dark visions of devastation and suffering that haunt the part-time pilot seem to emanate from a bizarre, unexpected source. A tortured cry from the errant soul of an aviator shot down a generation earlier over war-torn Europe - Ian's late father, Peter Lamont.
Led by the grim spectre of a shadowy past......"
10/18/17 update -This book is still at the Library where I donated it over 4 years ago, and it was on my PBS bookshelf for 6 years before that. It couldn't be THAT bad.
