Previously, in Stormbreak: Doug MacIntyre, a wildfire pilot, loses his helicopter, all he owns in the world, in a forest fire incident. A strange guy shows up and offers him a job. He's arrived in Texas, where an abrasive pilot greets him and a second contracted pilot candidate…

The "check flight" went by without difficulty. "Chic" directed Mac through the occasional change of altitude and direction, through hovers and rotations, backing the bird and tracking winding roads. Pre-school stuff. Really, he thought her evaluation an excuse to rack some passenger time.

"You work out, this'll be your primary ship," the woman said over intercom. "But, before you go active in the Stormbreak fleet, you'll get rated in at least two other aircraft.&q...

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