The main character in the book is Gordon William Grey, a young man from Australia who was raised in the bush. It's the 1930s, and his love for flying takes him to Victoria, where he joins the RAAF. Circumstances then take him and a group of RAAF pilots to England. Great Britain's Fighter Command does not fall for Hitler's political rhetoric of peace. They believe a war is imminent. As a result, RAAF Flight Lieutenant Gordon Grey and his Australian contingent are retained and must join the RAF as fighter pilots. In the theatre of war, all sensations are accentuated. Fear, happiness, pain, love, heartbreak, and hate, and in this story, all those experiences materialise.