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Faith is the Hunter:
An Airline Pilot's Flight through the Literary Skies of Ernest Gann

Do you like Ernest Gann? Sure you do. What pilot doesn't, except for the unfortunate few who haven't been introduced to his extraordinary prose. We marvel at his skill in putting into words his and our love of flight. No other author has ever come close to being his peer. But even his vast literary talent can't explain the reason for his being. Captain Gann has a problem understanding why the mysterious forces of "luck" have spared him from fate's talons. 

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I’ve always struggled with the words luck and fate.  They’re untamed, intemperate words that smack of chaos and hopelessness.  Yet, as a professional pilot and a Christian, I’m assailed by them again and again.  They lurk in the recesses of my consciousness, grinning, nodding, winking at every turn of peril or graciousness that has come my way.  “Told ya,” they say.  “We’re in charge here.  Next time it might go the other way for you.”

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With Faith is the Hunter I take a huge gamble with Gann's devotees, hoping they will see that his "whims of fate" is not the engine of our destinies. There's something infinitely better.

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To be published by Wordcrafts Press in the 3rd or 4th Quarter 2025.

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