Two urgent missions face Brigadier General Fleming Pickering in the Gobi Desert: rescue a band of former American servicemen and their families from the Japanese and set up a weather station to help direct aerial attacks against Japan. One of his Marines is a "scapegrace" pilot, who, together with his son, venture incognita. With luck, they may even survive.
Put in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations, General Fleming Pickering is faced with two covert missions in the Gobi Desert. Called to duty is a Marine he doesn't expect...a scapegrace pilot named Malcolm, his son. Together, they will venture incognito--and with luck they may even come out alive...