Kings of the 110 Strips by Sarah McCulay.

Some men fly to escape. Others fly 'cause the ground just ain't theirs anymore.

In the scorched heart of Mexico's northern sierra, where runways are no more than dirt scars carved by faith and fire, legends ain't born?they're forged. This is the tale of Babona, a rough-fisted pilot with a haunted past, a loyal heart, and a knack for makin' it out alive when no one else does.

After a extraction gone sideways, Babona, his pregnant wife Leana, and their blood-bound crew find a new kind of life far from the gun smoke and jet fumes. But the past don't let go easy?not when you've made pacts with ghosts in the jungle and women like La General, the panther in uniform who saved him once, and maybe damned him forever.

Told through the dust-laced memories of old timers like Caletri, who guards a forgotten strip like a priest guards a church, Kings of the 110 Strips is a story of love stitched with silence, of loyalty tested under fire, and of men who flew without lights or instruments... just guts and a prayer.

Out here, survival ain't about luck.

It's about who you trust when the sky turns on you.

And about the kind of love that comes back, no matter the cost.