—Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice
Discharged from the Air Force for refusing to wear a veil off-base in Saudi Arabia, fighter pilot Mary Jane contracts to repossess a luxury Boeing 747 from a powerful Saudi prince. She partners with co-pilot Jesus Martinez and together they risk capture and execution as they travel from Paris and San Francisco into the bizarre world of Arab opulence and corruption in the quest for their illusive prize.
Author Info: Robert Fischer was raised in San Francisco and currently resides in Santa Rosa, California. He is a semi-retired real estate developer. He became a furniture manufacturer after serving in the Marines during the Korean War, an import-exporter and a restaurateur with outlets in Australia and California. He flew his own helicopter, was invited to fly for the Rhodesian Army and flew for a Senator in the Philippines during the President Marcos period. After returning to America, he sold desalination equipment in Arabia, Australia and the Polynesian Islands. Plane Jane, his debut novel, highlights experiences in Bulgaria, where he witnessed wide-spread theft of autos and airplanes from the West. Robert is a dad to five children and a husband to his wife Helga for 30 years.