"I thought I'd written a literary novel, but when I pulled it out of the water it was a horror romance."
—Colin W. Sargent, December 2023

“It took me by surprise. The night’s thematic significance and the aerial imagery coupled with Hunter’s inner landscape kept me aloft–and terrified.” —Jennifer Hegeman on Colin W. Sargent's FLYING DARK

"A funny thing about the word eugenic. It sounds so innocent, doesn’t it? All I can tell you is, after you read this book, you’ll never feel the same way about Charles Lindbergh... Somebody’s never going to get that Father of the Year mug!" —Colin W. Sargent


The Story—a Noir Thriller

Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s aw-shucks schtick is a mask for a monster who destroys strangers and loved ones with equal indifference.

Hunter makes a fortune exposing fraudsters. When he stumbles across the corpse of his German teacher on his old reformatory grounds, he’s certain he is onto something evil and becomes drawn into the mystery.

Unsure who his own father is, Hunter is no angel himself. A former “black ops” military officer, he knows what he has to do to get the job done, no matter the cost.

Nightmares, hallucinations, and fragments of grisly memories knock on the door of his subconscious. Even the stage prop “Old Sparky” in his new lover’s lurid Grand Guignol connects a deadly circuit in Hunter.

Orisa cards warn of air disaster. Brainy Pia offers a path out of his disintegration. Traveling the globe—Paris, Berlin, Geneva, and London—Hunter can’t resist the magnetic scene south of New York where the Crime of the Century once played out.

Hunter is falling through the universe’s trap door. He’s headed for hell–unless he can redeem himself with one final flight.

Paperback, Kindle, November 2023

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ HellBound Books Publishing (November 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 351 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1953905773
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1953905772
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 2.24 x 20.32 cm