Unfeeling Sky

by Peter Saxon

A novel of the Royal Flying Corps and the thrilling story of two rival aces - Lieutenant Frank Thompson of the RFC and Max Nebel, the brilliant German flier whose aim was to win the coveted Blue Max. Nebel had killed Frank's best friend, and whenever they met above the battle-scarred soil of France - Frank in his Sopwith Pup, Nebel in his swastika-decorated Albatros - hatred and death were flying there with them.

Genres: Historical Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Peter Saxon was a house pseudonym used by various authors of British pulp fiction, among them W Howard Baker (Danger Ahead 1958, The Killing Bone 1968 and Vampire's Moon 1972); Rex Dolphin (The Vampires of Finistère 1968); Stephen D Frances (The Disorientated Man aka Scream and Scream Again 1966, Black Honey 1968, and Corruption 1968); Wilfred McNeilly (The Darkest Night 1966, Dark Ways to Death 1966, Satan's Child 1967, The Torturer 1967, and The Haunting of Alan Mais 1969); Ross Richards (Through the Dark Curtain 1968); and Martin Thomas (The Curse of Rathlaw 1968).

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pure entertainment

[Ben Kindall · Rating 2 out of 5]

Random World War 1 book I picked up and read in just a couple of days. I feel like it had some trouble decided what it wanted to be, whether that was historical fiction, a coming-of-age story, or something else. It wasn’t bad by any means and I thought the writing style was unique. I do feel like there were certain parts that went on and on about random aviation facts or concepts. Also felt like the climax was slightly underwhelming, the whole story had led to this fight between the protagonist and antagonist and it was over within 3 pages.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

An old book I inherited, and was very pleasantly surprised. Light reading, but had depth enough to make me want to read more from Peter Saxon.