Philip Shelby's first novel, Days of Drums, was a crackerjack political thriller. It earned him big sales and good reviews for his ability to turn the nightly news into compelling fiction. His latest offering pulls off the same magic. A highly decorated African American war hero, General Griffin North, is killed in a plane crash just as his political career is about to take off. Ironically, in the light of modern military sex scandals, the only people who think the crash might have been more than an accident are two very interesting women--Major Mollie Smith of the Army and her protege, Warrant Officer Rachel Collins.