Marine Aviator Brad Austin has a new assignment, one that is destined to change the outcome of the Vietnam War. If he is unsuccessful, his government will deny any involvement. If he succeeds, the enemy will be easy prey for the American pilots.Austin is recruited by the CIA for a daring and dangerous secret mission involving a captured North Vietnamese MiG jet, a secret CIA air base in Laos, and flying behind enemy lines disguised as a Russian pilot. Austin and a tiny band of brave men - along with one courageous woman, hold the fate of the air war in their hands.