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'''Double Eagle''' is a [[Warhammer 40,000]] novel by [[Dan Abnett]], a spin off from his popular [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] series. It was first published as a hardback in 2004, and released as a softback in 2005.
The war between the [[Imperium]] and [[Chaos]] forces on the world of Enothis is going badly for the Imperials. The armies of the [[Imperial Guard]] defeated and retreating, the Enothian air force all but annihilated, the fate of the world rests squarely on the shoulders of the pilots of the [[Imperial Navy]] and one very special Guard unit.
The [[Phantine air corps|Phantine Air Corps]], the only dedicated aviator unit in the Imperial Guard, find themselves in the thick of the fighting. Most of their number are the veterans of the [[Phantine]] liberation such as Bree Jagdea, commander of Umbra Flight, and the fatalistic Oskar Viltry, a Marauder pilot who believes he already should have died twice over. There are also some new recruits in their ranks just waiting to prove themselves in combat, such as Vander Marquall, who desperately wants to become an Ace.
Allied with the Imperial forces, the remnants of the Enothian air force don't seem to be able to offer much. However, perhaps men like the wounded veteran August Kaminsky and the raw cadet Elric Darrow can still make their contribution to the war effort.
The odds are stacked against them however, as seemingly endless waves of heretic fliers test the Enothian defences, and a Chaos Ace, Khrel Kas Obarkon, is seemingly picking off Imperial pilots with impunity.
And whilst the aerial combat blazes overhead, embattled tanker Robart LeGuin of the [[8th Pardus Armoured]] is just trying to get his men, and his tank, safely back to friendly lines.
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