Fate is God's handmaiden Matt Conley is a 32-year-old U.S.A.F Lieutenant in his F.16, heading back to his base in Germany, in the closing days of a combined-ops NATO War Games exercise. At 9,000 feet altitude, and with everything rmal for him in the cockpit, he and his wing-man look forward to an evening in the Mess with fellow pilots, discussing the operation, and-more than likely-cars, girlfriends and sex.... But, suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes his aircraft, literally shutting down the jet engine of the F.16 and he has a decision to make; bail out or try to ride the aircraft down to a hopefully safe landing. This decision alone will impact his life forever, and bring Fate into his life, in a way unimaginable by him, before that lightning strike.