After the war, his achievements are scrubbed from the records and he is exiled to a base above the Arctic Circle, where he flies patrols on the edge of American airspace.
Dubbed Ivan the Terrible, he amasses more jet kills than any fighter pilot in history, but his feats must remain unknown to his countrymen, his victories un-celebrated. During the Korean War he joins an elite Soviet squadron conducting a secret air war against the famous aces of the U.S.
Yefgenii rises from the privation of a Stalingrad orphanage in 1946 to the heights of the cosmonaut corps. Inspired by the secrets still surrounding the USSR's race against the United States to put a man on the moon, Mercurio asks the chilling question, What if the Americans weren't first? Ascent takes us on the perilous journey of its singular hero, the brave and determined Yefgenii Yeremin. Can one act define a man? Or his country?Ascentis the spellbinding thriller by critically acclaimed British novelist Jed Mercurio. The dull metal craft plunges through space, its portholes pale beacons containing the silhouette of a man, and the only other lights are the stars themselves.
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