Jay Younger, living in the here and now, known to her readers simply as Jay - a science fiction writer whose literary career is on the brink of disaster, an alcoholic and emotional wreck. Mad Jack, one eyed gunwoman and lover of women, in a ruined and lawless wasteland world. Ann Lucas, former NASA scientist and now a drugged and helpless mental patient, in a reality almost but not quite our own. Subtle, strong, gutsy, humorous it’s got it all. The Wild Blue and the Gray is an absolutely captivating story by one of the hottest new talents in the business.

It was one of those where I just wanted to keep going, though he did choose a satisfying place to stop. Sanders understands this well and also that, the more things change, the more they sometimes look the same.’ Harry Turtledove ‘God damn! I liked Sanders’ new book! It pushes all the right buttons for me a great protagonist, WWI fighter pilots, terrific background, and mainly a fine story with really clever twists. Laughter is often the only way to shield ourselves from pain that would otherwise be intolerable. ‘ The Wild Blue and the Gray is a tragicomic alternate look at the first great catastrophe of the twentieth century. He isn’t going to like it…Ī dark antiwar comedy from the author of JOURNEY TO FUSANG and THE BALLAD OF BILLY BADASS AND THE ROSE OF TURKESTAN, now in print again in this new edition, specially revised and corrected by the author. At a Confederate airfield in France, a new pilot reports for duty: Lieutenant Amos Ninekiller, of the independent Cherokee Nation, come to see how the white people wage war. The independent Confederate States of America has gone to the aid of its old ally Britain, and become bogged down in the stalemate on the Western Front.

Journey to Fusang by William Sanders