In Gentlemen of Adventure, Gann continues his tradition - weaving a "people" story around (one of) his area(s) of expertise - flying.

The characters are interesting, the plot is well developed, and I liked it. At one point I thought I had caught Mr. Gann in an historical contradiction. However - yes - Boeing did introduce the pressurized model 307 Stratoliner before Pearl Harbor.

It's not his best book, but certainly well worth a read. I preferred "The High and the Mighty" in aviation fiction, and "The Antagonists" and/or "Twilight for the Gods" in his non-flying fiction.

A minor (but obtrusive) point: My copy (Arbor House, 1983) suffers considerably from electronic spell-checking as a substitute for proofreading - in which the wrong correctly-spelled word is frequently substituted for a misspelled (or unrecognized) word.

This book is recommended especially for any reader with an interest in aviation, but may also have appeal to those who love stories of friendships made for life. Following the characters through their adventures, joy and sorrow will move any reader and touch them perhaps like no other book has. It is a shame that more of this authors books are not readily available and being published still.

This is a fascinating story about what might happen if the earth would lose balance because of massive removal of natural resources (oil). The person who realises the problem and the way countries around the world have to assist makes for interesting speculation on what would happen if this sort of thing was a reality. It reminds me of "Wild Card" by Hawkey + Bingham, which dealt with the 'scientific' steps the government might take to unite the country during times of civil unrest. Science fiction that is very close to science fact.