Double eagle : a Warhammer 40,000 novel

When the elite fighter pilots of the Phantine XX arrive on the beleaguered world of Enothis, they know this is a desperate hour. The forces of Chaos are closing in and their final push could well wipe out all human life on the planet. Thousands of refugees flee the dark armies and the infamous Chaos fighter pilot Khrel Kas Obarkon is always hunting the skies for more prey...And so it falls to the brave men and women of the Phantine fighter corps. Can they hold up the Chaos advance until reinforcements arrive? In the high-speed white-knuckle terror of aerial combat, can they defeat an enemy possessed by daemons? After several hard-fought weeks, the war-torn world of Enothis hangs in the balance. Only the day and night efforts of the valiant flyers of the Phantine Fighter Corps can keep the enemy host at bay long enough for the Imperial ground forces to regroup for a last battle. The Vastly Outnumbered Phantine Fighter Corps, Flying Missions Out Of Airstrips On Key Offshore Islands, Launch One Final Desperate Battle To Prevent The Evil Chaos Legions Of The Dread-lord Anakwanar Sek From Overrunning The War-torn World Of Enothis. Reprint. Get a glimpse of high-speed air combat in the 41st millennium, as Dan Abnett explores the worlds he made famous in the Gaunt's Ghosts novels.