The Final Flight Paperback ? April 2, 2021

A deadly crash, a government conspiracy, a test pilot with one chance to uncover the truth.

Project Guiding Light is NATO’s biggest secret. A system to take long-range bombers deep into the Soviet Union, undetected.

There’s just one problem. And veteran engineer Chris Milford has found it. A lethal flaw that means aircrew will pay a terrible price.

Undermined and belittled by a commanding officer who values loyalty over safety, Milford is forced down a dangerous, subversive path.

Even his closest friend, Rob May, the youngest test pilot on the project has turned his back on him.

Until the crash that changes everything.

Only one person can stop the truth from dying in the smoking remains of a Vulcan bomber.

A page-turning Cold War thriller from James Blatch

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What readers said about The Final Flight:

‘A beautifully structured story, full of intriguing characters and a pulsating finale’
– Rt Hon. Sir John Major KG CH (former UK Prime Minister)

‘The best military book I’ve read since Andy McNab’s Bravo Two Zero’
– Mark Llewhellin.

***** ‘I was rapidly, inexorably drawn in…’ – Amazon reviewer

***** ‘The best read I’ve had for a country mile’ – Amazon reviewer

***** ‘Compelling and evocative’ – Amazon reviewer

James Blatch is a former BBC defence reporter and a former BBFC film examiner. He reported from HMS Invincible during the ongoing operations in the Gulf region. In addition he spent time covering news at Ali Al Salem air base (Kuwait), Gioa Del Colle (Italy) and Bardufoss (Arctic Circle, Norway). Today James lives near Huntingdon in the UK with his wife, two children and two dogs.