Sixteen year old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She is a pilot who has always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya has been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble. When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches...a brigade of young female pilots. Using all her wits, Valya manages to get past the German blockade and find the Night Witches base...and that is when the REAL danger starts. The women have been assigned a critical mission. If they succeed, they will inflict serious damage on the Nazis. If they fail, they will face death...or even worse horrors.
