Description

"There is so much to see," he would say to her when she was a child, "why would anyone want to stay on the ground forever?"

Wildcat is the story of Natalie Annikki, a young woman who dreams of the freedom of flying. She knows that the quickest way to the sky—and the space beyond—is through the Omasye Space Council, the interstellar navy of the Altherian Empire. But her people stand on the brink of total war with their neighbors, and escalating border conflicts have already claimed many lives—including her father’s.

When Natalie receives two cryptic messages in flight school, she realizes that her father’s death was not like the others. To her, becoming a fighter pilot is the first step toward uncovering the truth. But if she wants to know why her father died, she must first survive the largest battle in human history.

About the author(s)

Adam Paulhus was born in rural Ontario, Canada in 1996 just outside the town and military base of Trenton. Raised by military parents, Adam became fascinated with the aircraft that his father flew on and took an interest both in military history and technology, primarily the way in which technology shaped the wars of the past, and how it may shape those of the future. In 2017, Adam enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces as an armoured officer and in 2021 graduated from the Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and minors in history and English.