A heroic life
Answering Alaska’s Call
Editor and writer Linda Fritz is the niece of Milo “Doc” Fritz, a pioneering physician, bush pilot, and Alaska legislator who dedicated his life to bringing modern medicine to Alaska and its Native peoples. As a young woman, Fritz joined her uncle and aunt in Alaska for the summer, serving as a nurse’s aid to her uncle. That experience with her Uncle Milo and Aunt Betsy influenced her life and inspired her writing. She finally carved out time to write the story of her extraordinary uncle and aunt and their adventures in Ketchikan and his “mad dream of a Medical Air Service.” With first-hand accounts of his medical training and his contributions to the state he adopted and came to love, this book offers a compelling portrayal of a heroic life, an enduring marriage, and Alaska. “Doc Fritz could repair the delicate membrane of an eardrum, boil surgical instruments on a Yukon stove in the bush, change the spark plugs of a Piper Cub, or suture a cornea with equal ease. He pursued a heroic life, fueled by his passions: medicine, Alaska, flying, and his wife Betsy.” —Julie Summers Walker
Aviation mystery thriller series
Archangel Aviation Thrillers
In Tropic Angel, former Black Hawk pilot Luke Angel is living the good life running a seaplane business in coastal Florida when an aircraft belonging to his friend and former brother-in-law goes missing from his airport. Clues to the mystery stretch from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico leaving local detectives stumped. When his 11-year-old niece gets pulled into the danger, it’s up to Luke, his loveable crew, and his aircraft to unravel the mystery. Tropic Angel seamlessly integrates general aviation into a mystery/thriller story. Author Nathan Van Coops is a commercial pilot, A&P, and CFI from St. Petersburg, Florida. In the second book of the series, Tropic Descent, Luke Angel finds himself responding to a distress call while flying a routine cargo mission in his trusty Grumman Mallard seaplane, Tropic Angel. After a water landing and a daring rescue, Luke is left with a dead pilot and a mysterious unconscious female passenger. When the passenger disappears from the local hospital, Luke and his co-pilot begin to unearth a mystery that’s bigger than they imagined. Tropic Descent takes everything I enjoyed about the first book and doubles down with even more general aviation excitement and suspense. —Niki Britton
Flying adventures
World Beneath My Wings
The sky calls to all who listen” says author Peter Fraser, who has been listening for more than 40 years. He chronicles his flying adventures in World Beneath My Wings, a collection of stories based on his career as a test and ferry pilot. He delivered and tested aircraft all over the world. Born in Africa, he has flown as far north as the North Pole, across the Pacific Ocean, down into Australia, into Dubai, to Afghanistan, Ireland, American Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Mexico, and across the United States. Readers are transported to far-off lands, exciting experiences, and thrilling flight-testing exploits, all with a sense of awe and inspiration that Fraser brings to every adventure. His advice resonates: “…all has turned out well, so be careful, but not too fearful that it stops your life.” —JSW
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