This follows on from "Night Witches" the story of Women Pilots flying the PO2 "Sewing Machine" bi-plane known to the Nazi's as Nachthexan or "Night Witches". Since then Lieutenant Anna Kharkova has been transferred to a Single seat fighter regiment and is thrown in to the fight in the skies above the largest tank battle ever, Kursk.
First rate art work from Mr Bruan along with a well researched and engaging narrative from Mr Ennis. The story follows Anna as she is thrown into the meat grinder where the Russians exercise that saying "Quantity has a Quality all of it's own" in Human Lives, she falls again for her Regimental commander a wounded soul haunted by the deaths of his family in the German advance. The Characters are well balanced and Anna her self appears to be an Amalgam of Irina Sebrova and Polina Gelman women pilots who flew HUNDREDS of missions and received the USSR's highest awards for bravery.
Mr Ennis again writes a moving tale and whilst acknowledging the seemingly cold Russian willingness to throw away lives to stop the Germans he also acknowledges it was all they had to fight with then, the T34-85 and Sturmoviks in big numbers came later.
Will look forward to more in this series.
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A Very Pleasing Sequel.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2011
