Broadsides and Brass — C.T. Westcott

SKY FUGITIVE

JET-JOCK WILL BUCKO HAD WON HIS FAC WINGS THE HARD WAY-GOING AGAINST PUNKERS AND MUTANTS IN THE NO-MAN'S-LAND OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT. BUT WHEN HIS OLD BUDDY, GUNNERY SERGEANT BLACK PUGH, GOT BUSTED AND FACED THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE, BUCKO GASSED UP HIS HARRIER JET AND WENT AWOL TO BREAK HIM LOOSE.

NOW BUCKO'S GOT HIS BEHIND IN A SLING. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT OUT IS TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THE FAC BRASS. THEIR PRICE FOR A FULL PARDON: SUICIDE--SENDING BUCKO UNDERCOVER AMONG THE SHRIMPERS, A CUTTHROAT PIRATE BAND WITH ENOUGH FIRE POWER TO CONQUER THE WORLD. SOON BUCKO'S BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA ... AND IN THE LOVING ARMS OF A GORGEOUS BROAD WHO CAN HELP DEEP-FRY THE SHRIMPERS...OR GIVE BUCKO THE KISS OF DEATH.