Sierra Hotel

Product Description A Question of Honor and Duty.First Lieutenant Rob Amity is an Air Force instructor pilot based Stateside during Vietnam. Most of his fellow instructors have flown combat missions, but he hasn't... nor does he particularly want to. This makes him the odd man out in the ready room, torn between his loyalty to his comrades and his objections to the war. Throw in a vindictive senior officer known as Captain "Military" and his feelings for Suzy, his former girlfriend who is now the wife of his best friend and commander, and you have a bad situation that can only get worse. Seeking solace, Rob gives in to the many temptations of the officers' club and the flightline. The more he can focus on the high-octane life of a fighter pilot-flying, drinking, and sex-the less he has to think about everything else. That's the theory, anyway. In practice, it nearly becomes his undoing.Following a horrible tragedy, Rob returns home to rest and recuperate. He finds the world he left for the Air Force changed-even his friends and family. Wracked with guilt and faced with hostility simply for the uniform he wears, he must decide between pleasing those around him with false niceties or staying true to his own thoughts and feelings. Take a seat and strap yourself in, because Sierra Hotel is a full-throttle dive into the world of the United States Air Force during the conflict in Vietnam. Written with the kind of authenticity that only comes with experience, Kent McInnis brings his story to life in lurid detail, with in-flight scenes so real, you'll swear you can smell the jet fuel. About the Author Kent McInnis, an Oklahoma-born chronicler of people, places, and good times, lives with his wife, Cheryl, in Oklahoma City. He served as an Air Force primary jet instructor pilot during the last five years of the Vietnam War.For the next 33 years he worked in the pharmaceutical industry while pursuing his hobbies of writing, American history, and flying. After retiring in 2008, Kent assumed the position of Chairman of Westerners International, an organization with chapters on three continents dedicated to making the study of Western American History fun-no stuffed shirts allowed. He stepped down nine years later to return to writing full time.Kent is past leader of Order of Daedalians (a military pilot fraternity), Chisholm Trail Corral (a Westerners chapter), and Rio River Rat Pilot Training Class 7106. He also chaired three high school class reunions. He is active in the Indian Territory Posse (another Westerners chapter) and the Oklahoma City Men's Dinner Club.In his spare time Kent travels by car with Cheryl to see America at ground level, visit their three grown children, and savor the joys of freedom in this great country.

Literature & Fiction

McInnis, Kent

United States

Tiree Press

A Question of Honor and Duty.\nFirst Lieutenant Rob Amity is an Air Force instructor pilot based Stateside during Vietnam. Most of his fellow instructors have flown combat missions, but he hasn't... nor does he particularly want to. This makes him the odd man out in the ready room, torn between his loyalty to his comrades and his objections to the war. Throw in a vindictive senior officer known as Captain "Military" and his feelings for Suzy, his former girlfriend who is now the wife of his best friend and commander, and you have a bad situation that can only get worse. Seeking solace, Rob gives in to the many temptations of the officers' club and the flightline. The more he can focus on the high-octane life of a fighter pilot-flying, drinking, and sex-the less he has to think about everything else. That's the theory, anyway. In practice, it nearly becomes his undoing.\nFollowing a horrible tragedy, Rob returns home to rest and recuperate. He finds the world he left for the Air Force changed-even his friends and family. Wracked with guilt and faced with hostility simply for the uniform he wears, he must decide between pleasing those around him with false niceties or staying true to his own thoughts and feelings.\nTake a seat and strap yourself in, because Sierra Hotel is a full-throttle dive into the world of the United States Air Force during the conflict in Vietnam. Written with the kind of authenticity that only comes with experience, Kent McInnis brings his story to life in lurid detail, with in-flight scenes so real, you'll swear you can smell the jet fuel.

Clear and a Million (Sierra Hotel)

Is Success More Important Than Love?\nWith Clear and a Million, bestselling author Kent McInnis brings us back to the flawed, feeling, and completely authentic characters from his hit debut, Sierra Hotel.\nReturning to civilian life sounded easy back when Rob Amity was flying jets for the U.S. Air Force. The reality of an empty apartment and the difficulty of finding his place in a civilian world soon have him rethinking his choices. Hoping to find something of the old camaraderie of the squadron flight line, Rob reaches out to his friend Captain Hal Freed, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. They agree to a road trip on historic Route 66 in Rob's sporty new Porsche, headed for the Grand Canyon. The adventures they find, however, are not quite the kind they seek.\nAfter the trip is cut short, Rob returns to Oklahoma and reconnects with his old flame Suzy Alexander. The widow of his late best friend is now a single mother living with her parents, and she's as lonely and depressed as he is. As romance blooms anew with Suzy, her father helps Rob find a job in the booming local oil business. Intent on proving himself worthy of Suzy's love, he throws himself into the work with abandon and quickly begins to climb the corporate ladder. Life seems to be coming together at last, until Rob's obsession with replacing the thrill of flying with money and security leads to trouble with Suzy. Can he find a way to balance the two and find some sort of happiness for himself? Or will he be forced to make an impossible choice between love and success?

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