Blanche Longhurst is a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary delivering Spitfires from factories to air bases around Britain during WW2. During one routine trip, bad weather projects her into a place where she must deal with the enemy face to face and indulge in activities that go against her pacifist nature.
This story takes the reader into a secretive and undercover world, and poses questions about how the experience of war affects and transforms its participants.