From a house on the edge of her family's dusty farmland
airstrip near Chicago, the child Cassie O'Malley would sneak
into the night to look at the planes sitting shimmering in the
moonlight. Her World War I veteran father, Pat, wanted his son to
be a pilot, not his reckless, red-haired daughter. But it was
Cassie who had the gift. Ever since she could remember, Cassie felt
the pull of getting in a cockpit and taking to the skies. Observing
all the while was her father's junior partner, Nick
"Stick" Galvin, a fellow war ace and airborne daredevil.
Nick would become her confidant and best friend, willing to break
all the rules to teach her to fly, knowing that the greatest gift
he could give her was the freedom of flying. When California
entrepreneur Desmon Williams sees Cassie in a local airshow, he
invites her to California where she breaks new ground as a test
pilot. Soon Cassie's record-breaking flights make her a media
darling. Drawn by Desmond's plans for her to break Amelia
Earhardt's records, but determined to avoid her mistakes,
Cassie trains for the remarkable journey around the world. From
public appearances to press conferences, easily used by both her
husband and the press, Cassie realizes that there is more to life
than making headlines. Risking her life, pushing herself to her
limits, she decides to chart her own course and pursue her own
destiny, whatever it costs her. "Wings is set in a time of
constant change, when the world was on the brink of war and the
skies were filled with adventurers, a time when courage and daring
forever changed modern-day aviation.
