Area 88 - Act 1: The Blue Skies of Betrayal [Sub] (LD 1 of 3)

Release date: 1993-08-25
Suggested retail price: $34.99

SKU: ID-2225-CT
UPC: 014381222562 014381222562

Description:
Somewhere in the Middle East, the Kingdom of Asran is rocked by Civil war. On the front of the battle lies an airbase for a mercenary air force, with pilots from many nations and walks of life. It's a burning, sandy hellhole which has no name, only a designation: Area 88.

Shin Kazama is a pilot at Area 88. The mercenaries there have come for many reasons—some by choice, and some against their wills. For all, Area 88 has become the focus of their lives. Shin is haunted by memories of his days as a pilot trainee with Yamato Airways...and the night that his friend and fellow trainee, Kanzaki, tricked him into signing a contract inducting him into the Asran Mercenary Air Force. Now Shin is out of the picture, leaving Kanzaki with one less obstacle between him and Royko, Shin's girlfriend.

As a fighter pilot at Area 88, Shin must learn to kill for pay. There are only three ways to leave the Mercenary Air Force: to serve for three years, pay a 1.5 million dollar penalty, or...desertion. As he flies to earn money to buy his freedom, Shin realizes that killing is becoming easier and easier for him to do. And now the question is no longer whether Shin can survive and return home; it has become whether he can keep his soul from being consumed by the fires of Asran's war.

(added on 2021-06-20, modified on 2021-06-20)

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