TransGlobal Airlines has joined the battle of domestic airlines and intends to win the war. In the company’s plans is the purchase of the world’s first hypersonic passenger jet, capable of trans-oceanic flight at Mach 6. The firm explodes on the market, its shares skyrocketing. What no one realizes, not even its dedicated president, is that organized crime is controlling the Board of Directors. When the airline announces the first-ever New Year’s Eve champagne flight—Los Angeles to Tokyo to Sydney to Los Angeles with gala celebrations of two new years— every seat is sold. Blackmail, murder, and greed entwine, forcing the president of TransGlobal to confront the airline’s secretive past. The question becomes: Will organized crime, a mysterious death, and possible sabotage conspire to bring down the HSCT-797 hypersonic jet…and the company?
Brian Peters, born into an Air Force family, has enjoyed a lifelong passion for aviation and the miracle of flight. A teenage member of the Air Cadets, he later trained as a glider pilot. Further studies led to a fascination with futuristic flight travel and the promise of hypersonic civilian flights. The author has had many short stories published in literary journals and periodicals; Hypersonic is his first novel.
