Persian Dragons

by Mitchell Boling

After their entire fleet of F-14 Persian Tomcats had been destroyed by the United States, the Iranian government illegally purchases a squadron of F-16 “Dragon” fighter jets from Venezuela. Led by the remaining Tomcat pilot, Captain Abbas Ali, Iran deploys several fighter pilots to train in piloting its newest aircraft. The Iranians are committed to smuggling the aircraft back home to Iran via an ingenious deep inside the holds of enormous container ships. Will all of the aircraft make it to Iran before the United States discovers their plan?

Meanwhile at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, the 55th Fighter Squadron “Shooters” is performing business as usual, flying sorties in their F-16 Fighting Falcons. Life on the flight line continues with the hijinks of the aircraft maintainers, as they work long hours to maintain the squadron’s jets. A newcomer joins the Shooters and causes havoc between First Lieutenant Victoria “Crusher” MacMillan and her boyfriend, Staff Sergeant Christopher Gray. Will this signal the end of their relationship?

The third novel in the Shooters Roll trilogy comes to an exciting, explosive conclusion as the Shooters are forced to confront the now Persian Dragons in a final fight to the end.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2024

About the author

Mitch has discovered a new passion for writing. He has published six books to date, three in non-fiction and three in military fiction. Leadership: A View from the Middle was published in 2019, and Leading from the Middle: Teachers and Coaches was published in 2021.
His debut novel, Persian Tomcats, was published in early 2022. Working quickly, he followed it up with its sequel, The Last Persian Tomcat, published in November 2022.

He finished the trilogy he calls “Shooters Roll” with the third novel, Persian Dragons, in 2023. In 2024, he added another non-fiction book, On Writing a Book: The Mechanics Behind It.

Mitch took a break from writing books and, in late 2024, turned to screenwriting, adapting Persian Tomcats into a screenplay titled Shooters Roll. He followed it up quickly with his second adaptation, Shooters Roll Again, basing it on his second novel. He also wrote a short screenplay, Best Ride Ever.

In mid-2025, he began thinking about his seventh book and got to work on Alarm Blue, which was released as the fourth story in the Chris and Victoria series in early 2026.