In the dying embers of the British Empire, a broken veteran is about to make a killing.
It should have been a glamorous first posting for junior pilot Rob May. Flying the latest RAF jet, the Venom, from an overseas airfield near exotic Baghdad.
But the Royal Air Force is being chased out by a government looking to throw off its imperial ties.
Paired with an irascible and eccentric flight commander, Squadron Leader 'Bunny' Pater-Smith, May finds himself plunged head-first into the chaos of the evacuation and a hidden plan to profit from the situation.
In a mix of biting desert sandstorms, an unpredictable flight commander and a corrupt member of the Iraqi royal family, May must choose his next step carefully.
His life depends on it.
From Cold War master, James Blatch, Desert Venom is a novella that evokes the golden age of military jets in the last years of the British empire.
