1938. In Germany, Nazism reaches a fever pitch. Rumors of war spread across the continent of Europe. In the calm before the storm, Hitler searches for a shortcut in his plans for world domination--and looks to Hollywood. He sends his agents across the Atlantic to the celluloid capital of sin and glamour, on the trail of an all-powerful secret weapon. Los Angeles. Cliff Secord is a barnstorming air-race pilot. After thugs destroy his prized GeeBee race plane he finds himself out of work and left out to dry. For someone has saddled him with the most dangerous weapon of the war -- the Cirrus X-3 rocketpack, a flying device faster and more dangerous than any Secord has ever encountered. Now he and his starlet girlfriend are on the run.

1938. In Germany, Nazism reaches a fever pitch. Rumors of war spread across the continent of Europe. In the calm before the storm, Hitler searches for a shortcut in his plans for world domination--and looks to Hollywood. He sends his agents across the Atlantic to the celluloid capital of sin and glamour, on the trail of an all-powerful secret weapon. Los Angeles. Cliff Secord is a barnstorming air-race pilot. After thugs destroy his prized GeeBee race plane he finds himself out of work and left out to dry. For someone has saddled him with the most dangerous weapon of the war -- the Cirrus X-3 rocketpack, a flying device faster and more dangerous than any Secord has ever encountered. Now he and his starlet girlfriend are on the run.