Essential Reading for Airline Pilots and Those Interested in Flying!
Now available in ebook format!
You can now download a copy of Pilots of the Line and/or Destination Tempest, A Mountain Pilot's Tale for your Amazon "Kindle", or Barnes and Noble "Nook" for only $9.99 each! But you don't need an ereader to enjoy ebook savings (though they have really come down in price lately). You can download a FREE Kindle reader (click here for download) for your laptop or iPad/Tab and view books at great discounted rates too!
Just click on the link on the upper right to purchase Pilot's of the Line for your "Kindle", or click on the link on the lower right to purchase Destination Tempest, A Mountain Pilot's Tale. The new ebook versions include many new stories and even a few "Aviator Metricular Compostions" AT NO ADDITIONAL COST!
Click here to download Pilot's of the Line from Amazon Kindle for $9.99!
Click here to download Destination Tempest from Amazon Kindle for $9.99!
If flying "the metal" is your thing; if your heart skips a beat with every tiny whiff of jet fuel; if the thundering roar of a distant airliner brings thoughts of another time, another place, a mere 35,000 feet above... Let Sky take you there.
Pilots of the Line is "more than a well-written compilation of flight tales, Masterson offers unique insight into the human condition. Ultimate freedom and profound loneliness are juxtaposed throughout, clothing readers with the author's sense of contentedness, yet keeping them keenly aware of their own mortality. The tales are invigorating and fresh, and Masterson offers an earnest challenge to reader complacency."--American Literary Press
What they are saying about Sky Masterson:
"Masterson quickly plunges readers into a jet plane's cockpit and whisks them into a world of both wonder and ennui. His breath-taking descriptions paint a sky seen by few, while his observations on life and the perceived insignificance of man are quite poignant."--American Literary Press
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Books are now available directly from the author!
In an attempt to make book purchasing a more personal experience between the buyer and author, and to keep costs low for each, the paper books are now being sold primarily through this website. As a "Thank You" to the purchaser they will be signed at their request and a 10% discount offered with multiple orders.
Now available for ereaders!
Each book will include new stories and prices will be drastically reduced (because of no printing costs) as the ereader formats become available. If you have a Kindle scroll above and check them out on Amazon or Barnes and Noble today! No Kindle? Just download free ereader software and have access to thousands of ebooks right on your laptop, desktop, touchpad or smart phone!
Destination Tempest:
2009 Book of the Year Award for Literary Excellence in the category of Thriller Fiction by Books and Authors.net
Pilots of the Line:
2006 Awarded the prestigious Publisher's Choice, Reader's Choice and Editor's Choice designation for quality writing.
2004 DIY Book Festival award winner in the Anthologies/Compilations category. Among other things, submissions were judged based on "General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story."
3rd place winner (out of 77 entries) for "seamless and can't-put-it-down prose" in the Creative Nonfiction contest category for the story, "Tuesday With Catillano," Byline Magazine August, 2004.
Sky Masterson, Tales from the Sky columnist and writer bio
My professional flying experience began while flying turboprops in the Southwest and in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the 1980's, then onto the Pacific and Asia with a major carrier. Now I am based in the Northeastern part of the United States as a captain for a major airline on the Boeing 737NG. Most of my writing deals in the human element of flying for a living--what it "means" to fly an airliner.
Airways magazine, a global review of commercial flight, has been voted "The world's favorite civil aviation magazine," by the readers of www.airliners.net. Besides comprehensive articles on airline developments and accurate historical essays on vintage aircraft and airlines, Sky Masterson brings forth the human element to airliner flying. The discriminating aviation connoisseur can always find Airways at most quality booksellers such as Barnes and Noble and Borders books, or online at: www.airwaysmag.com.
