"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.