1991 - STRIKE VECTOR. Wings of Time, #5

1991: STRIKE VECTORThe nuclear submarine USS Scorpion departs on a classified combat patrol across the Atlantic. It vanishes, and the truth behind its final voyage is buried in the darkest, most highly guarded archives. Decades later, a reconnaissance aircraft mapping strike targets for a new military operation over Iran cuts across Iraqi airspace on its return flight. Its sensors detect an anomaly hidden deep beneath the desert-the first sign of impending chaos.
As Operation Desert Storm sets the Middle East ablaze, Reina Costanos, a Navy fighter pilot, is thrust into the heart of the wartime inferno. Engaged in fierce aerial dogfights to defend her carrier battle group, she watches the war rapidly escalate. When conventional operations fail and the nuclear option becomes the only remaining contingency, the final chance to avert absolute catastrophe is a desperate strike against a strategic target deep within enemy territory.
In the shadow of the conventional war, a silent, deadly game unfolds. Covert intelligence operations, ruthless black ops, and the theft of doomsday technology all point to one ultimate endgame hidden in the desert. There, Saddam Hussein orchestrates his "Resurrection"-a monumental project whose completion threatens to shatter the global balance of power. What was supposed to be a conflict of superpowers turns out to be merely a prelude.
Far above the burning desert, in the freezing vacuum of space, an alien technology that has watched humanity for eons is waking up. The true clash is only just beginning.1991: STRIKE VECTOR is a military techno-thriller that seamlessly blends realistic aviation combat, ruthless espionage, and epic science fiction. Because some wars begin on Earth. And end far beyond it.