In the summer of '23, the only thing more dangerous than the secrets hidden beneath the sea are the people who want them.
Rachel and the Aviators is a high-octane thriller where a sun-drenched South Jersey summer becomes a deadly battleground of espionage, smuggling, and survival. For three young banner pilots, "Gull Island" is just a place to fly for fun. But when the mysterious and beautiful Rachel arrives, she brings with her a world of covert operations and a deadly secret hidden in the island's cove a missing, top-secret military device that could change the balance of global power.
Guido Rinaldo, the most adventurous of the pilots, can't ignore the suspicious activity in the cove's waters, diving headfirst into a conspiracy far bigger than a few smugglers. When his amateur investigation uncovers a massive drug-smuggling operation and a Russian plot to retrieve a revolutionary stealth jammer, he and his friends find themselves the targets of ruthless mobsters, biker gangs, and ruthless spies.
On a collision course with Guido is Rachel Peretz, a hardened covert operative with a personal stake in the mission. She has been hunting the missing prototype for months, leaving a trail of dead foes behind her. Guido's relentless curiosity and Rachel's lethal skills force them into an uneasy alliance. As their personal connections to the mystery deepen-revealing long-buried family secrets they must race to recover the device before it falls into the wrong hands. But with every shadow hiding an assassin and every wave hiding a shark, their summer of fun is about to become a fight for their lives.