Gary Williams

Race to Revolution Gary Williams

The Cold War rages on. Cuba has fallen to the Communists, and Nicaragua is threatening to follow suit, as the left-leaning Sandinista movement grows in its opposition to the dictator Anastasio Somoza.

But twelve of the world's wealthiest men don't give a damn about global events. They are planning to indulge in "The Ultimate Gentleman's Sporting Event" - a 6000-mile no-rules air race, flying expensively customized full-sized airliners. The winner's purse: twelve million dollars.

Someone who is paying attention to international politics is plotting to use the highly publicized race as cover for a nuclear arms deal. If the deal goes through, it will upset the balance of power in the world.

When race pilots Rope San Lucas and Billy Marks get a little too curious about what's going on, they find themselves fighting for their lives in the middle of a bitter rivalry between billionaires, a clash between the FBI and CIA, and a Central American revolution that could explode in ways no one thought possible.