Summer 1915. Above the trenches of France, a new enemy claims the skies. The Fokker E.I, with its deadly interrupter gear, threatens to end Allied air superiority before it begins.
Lieutenant Andrew Aird flies into this changing war, piloting a fragile Vickers Gunbus against faster, deadlier German machines. But battle isn’t his only struggle. Torn between Rose, his loyal English fiancée, and Claudine, a brilliant French actress who stirs his restless heart, Aird fights a personal war no less dangerous than the one above the clouds.
In The Fateful Dawn, Richard Townshend Bickers blends technical precision with emotional depth, crafting a story where duty, desire, and survival clash in the turbulent dawn of air combat.
